vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-7695b0af-958f-11ec-9aa3-4ccc6adda413 (CVE-2021-40530): cryptopp -- ElGamal implementation allows plaintext recovery
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Feb 24, 2022 | Nov 4, 2022 | Jun 15, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 24, 2022
Added
Nov 4, 2022
Modified
Jun 15, 2026
Description
The ElGamal implementation in Crypto++ through 8.5 allows plaintext recovery because, during interaction between two cryptographic libraries, a certain dangerous combination of the prime defined by the receiver's public key, the generator defined by the receiver's public key, and the sender's ephemeral exponents can lead to a cross-configuration attack against OpenPGP.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-cryptopp
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