Security Advisory

CVE-2012-2417

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2012-06-17 01:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 19:34:25
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

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.