USN-1484-1: PyCrypto vulnerability
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
06/16/2012
07/25/2018
05/06/2013
07/09/2020
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.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-python-crypto
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