CVE-2012-2417 (GCVE-0-2012-2417)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-17 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:34
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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