Gentoo FoundationGLSA-202007-62PyCrypto: Weak key generation
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
71.0%
Background
PyCrypto is the Python Cryptography Toolkit.
Description
It was discovered that PyCrypto incorrectly generated ElGamal key parameters.
Impact
Attackers may be able to obtain sensitive information by reading ciphertext data.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
Gentoo has discontinued support for PyCrypto. We recommend that users unmerge PyCrypto:
emerge --unmerge “dev-python/pycrypto”
NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining PyCrypto have discontinued support at this time. PyCryptodome is the canonical successor to PyCrypto.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo | any | all | dev-python/pycrypto | <= 2.6.1-r2 | UNKNOWN |
Related
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
71.0%