CVE-2012-2417 (GCVE-0-2012-2417)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-06-17 01:00
Modified
2024-08-06 19:34
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
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
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