Cryptographic Issues The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package python-crypto (opens in a new tab)
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- published17 Jun 2012
- disclosed17 Jun 2012
Introduced: 17 Jun 2012
CVE-2012-2417 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:11.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-crypto package and not the python-crypto package as distributed by Debian.
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.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2502
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2417
- 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
- https://github.com/Legrandin/pycrypto/commit/9f912f13df99ad3421eff360d6a62d7dbec755c2
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/pycrypto/+bug/985164
- https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/blob/373ea760f21701b162e8c4912a66928ee30d401a/ChangeLog
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15083589
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49263
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53687
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-2417
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75871
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:117
- http://www.osvdb.org/82279