CVE-2012-2417

Public on 2012-06-11
Modified on 2014-09-14
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.0
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 python-crypto 2012-06-11 ALAS-2012-86 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.0 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N