VYPR
Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1494

CVE-2016-1494

Description

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.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
rsaPyPI
< 3.33.3

Affected products

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Patches

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