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44 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201206-23">
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<title>PyCrypto: Weak key generation</title>
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<synopsis>PyCrypto generates weak ElGamal keys.</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">pycrypto</product>
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<announced>June 24, 2012</announced>
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<revised>June 24, 2012: 1</revised>
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<bug>417625</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-python/pycrypto" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.6</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.6</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>PyCrypto is the Python Cryptography Toolkit.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>An error in the generate() function in ElGamal.py causes PyCrypto to
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generate weak ElGamal keys.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker might be able to derive private keys.</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All PyCrypto users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/pycrypto-2.6"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2417">CVE-2012-2417</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata timestamp="Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:45:07 +0000" tag="requester">ackle</metadata>
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<metadata timestamp="Sun, 24 Jun 2012 12:38:41 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
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</glsa>
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