A python-ecdsa security update is available openSUSE Leap 15.1 to fix two security bugs (CVE-2019-14853 and CVE-2019-14859).

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for python-ecdsa ______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:2474-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1153165 #1154217
Cross-References: CVE-2019-14853 CVE-2019-14859
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:

This update for python-ecdsa to version 0.13.3 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2019-14853: Fixed unexpected exceptions during signature decoding (bsc#1153165).
- CVE-2019-14859: Fixed a signature malleability caused by insufficient checks of DER encoding (bsc#1154217).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-2474=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

python2-ecdsa-0.13.3-lp151.3.3.1
python3-ecdsa-0.13.3-lp151.3.3.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14853.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14859.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1153165
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1154217