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Medium
CVE-2012-2417
PyCrypto before 2.6 does not produce appropriate prime numbers when...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1, 1.9, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.4.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 17th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.