CVE-2012-2417
N/A
Published: June 17, 2012 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPycrypto
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081713.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081759.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081789.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49263
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2502
References (14)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081713.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081759.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081789.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/49263Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2502Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:117Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/1Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-310
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