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
CVSS v3 Base Score
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 |