CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
74.9%
Issue Overview:
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 Packages:
python-crypto
Issue Correction:
Run yum update python-crypto to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
python-crypto-2.3-6.5.amzn1.i686
python-crypto-debuginfo-2.3-6.5.amzn1.i686
src:
python-crypto-2.3-6.5.amzn1.src
x86_64:
python-crypto-debuginfo-2.3-6.5.amzn1.x86_64
python-crypto-2.3-6.5.amzn1.x86_64
Red Hat: CVE-2012-2417
Mitre: CVE-2012-2417
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | python-crypto | < 2.3-6.5.amzn1 | python-crypto-2.3-6.5.amzn1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | python-crypto-debuginfo | < 2.3-6.5.amzn1 | python-crypto-debuginfo-2.3-6.5.amzn1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | python-crypto-debuginfo | < 2.3-6.5.amzn1 | python-crypto-debuginfo-2.3-6.5.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | python-crypto | < 2.3-6.5.amzn1 | python-crypto-2.3-6.5.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |