CVE-2012-2417

Description (CNA)

PyCrypto before 2.6 does not produce appropriate prime numbers when using an ElGamal scheme to generate a key, which reduces the signature space or public key space and makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute force attacks to obtain the private key.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2502
• http://www.osvdb.org/82279
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081789.html
• https://github.com/Legrandin/pycrypto/commit/9f912f13df99ad3421eff360d6a62d7dbec755c2
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:117
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53687
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/pycrypto/+bug/985164
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081713.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49263
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081759.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/1
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15083589
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75871
• https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/blob/373ea760f21701b162e8c4912a66928ee30d401a/ChangeLog

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