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.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | python-crypto | 2012-06-11 10:27 | ALAS-2012-86 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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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 |