Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in pycrypto-2.6.1.tar.gz affects IBM Integrated Analytics System [CVE-2013-7459, CVE-2018-6594]

Summary

The pycrypto-2.6.1.tar.gz package is used by IBM Integrated Analytics System. IBM Integrated Analytics System has addressed the applicable vulnerability [CVE-2013-7459, CVE-2018-6594].

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2013-7459
**DESCRIPTION:**PyCrypto is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the ALGnew function in block_templace.c. By using a specially crafted iv parameter to cryptmsg.py, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124083 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2018-6594
**DESCRIPTION:**PyCrypto could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the generation of weak ElGamal key parameters in the lib/Crypto/PublicKey/ElGamal.py. By reading ciphertext data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138678 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to latest version.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None