CVE-2012-2417
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 17, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 24, 2012
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- DSA-2502vendor-advisory
- 82279vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2012-8470vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/Legrandin/pycrypto/commit/9f912f13df99ad3421eff360d6a62d7dbec755c2
- MDVSA-2012:117vendor-advisory
- 53687vdb-entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/pycrypto/+bug/985164
- FEDORA-2012-8392vendor-advisory
- 49263third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2012-8490vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20120524 CVE-2012-2417 - PyCrypto <= 2.5 insecure ElGamal key generationmailing-list
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0830vendor-advisory
- pycrypto-keys-weak-security(75871)vdb-entry
- https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/blob/373ea760f21701b162e8c4912a66928ee30d401a/ChangeLog
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