// For flags

CVE-2020-13757

python-rsa: decryption of ciphertext leads to DoS

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Python-RSA before 4.1 ignores leading '\0' bytes during decryption of ciphertext. This could conceivably have a security-relevant impact, e.g., by helping an attacker to infer that an application uses Python-RSA, or if the length of accepted ciphertext affects application behavior (such as by causing excessive memory allocation).

Python-RSA versión 4.1, ignora bytes '\0' principales durante la desencriptación del texto cifrado. Esto podría tener un impacto relevante para la seguridad, por ejemplo, al ayudar a un atacante a inferir que una aplicación utiliza Python-RSA, o si la longitud del texto cifrado aceptado afecta al comportamiento de la aplicación (por ejemplo, al causar una asignación excesiva de memoria)

A flaw was found in the python-rsa package, where it does not explicitly check the ciphertext length against the key size and ignores the leading 0 bytes during the decryption of the ciphertext. This flaw allows an attacker to perform a ciphertext attack, leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Jenkins is a continuous integration server that monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as building a software project or jobs run by cron. The Matrix Project is a module which handles creating Jenkins multi-configuration projects. Matrix Authorization allows configuring the lowest level permissions, such as starting new builds, configuring items, or deleting them, individually. Python-RSA is a RSA implementation in Python. It can be used as a Python library as well as the commandline utility. Ansible is a SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system. The openshift-ansible packages contain Ansible code and playbooks for installing and upgrading OpenShift Container Platform 3. Issues addressed include cross site scripting, denial of service, and information leakage vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2020-06-01 CVE Reserved
  • 2020-06-01 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-04 First Exploit
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Python-rsa Project
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Python-rsa
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< 4.1
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-
Affected
Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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31
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-
Affected
Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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32
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-
Affected
Canonical
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Ubuntu Linux
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14.04
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esm
Affected