{"id":"CVE-2016-1494","details":"The verify function in the RSA package for Python (Python-RSA) before 3.3 allows attackers to spoof signatures with a small public exponent via crafted signature padding, aka a BERserk attack.","aliases":["GHSA-8rjr-6qq5-pj9p","PYSEC-2016-10"],"modified":"2026-04-16T06:20:12.793908791Z","published":"2016-01-13T15:59:02.787Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2016:0107-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175897.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175942.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00032.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/3"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79829"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bitbucket.org/sybren/python-rsa/pull-requests/14/security-fix-bb06-attack-in-verify-by/diff"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://blog.filippo.io/bleichenbacher-06-signature-forgery-in-python-rsa/"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"22"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"23"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"42.1"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"13.1"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"13.2"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-1494.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"}]}