CVE-2012-2417
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.3)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Puntuación base: 4.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.39%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 83
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-310
Referencias
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081713.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081759.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081789.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49263
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2502
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:117
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/1
- http://www.osvdb.org/82279
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53687
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/pycrypto/+bug/985164
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75871
- https://github.com/Legrandin/pycrypto/commit/9f912f13df99ad3421eff360d6a62d7dbec755c2
- https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/blob/373ea760f21701b162e8c4912a66928ee30d401a/ChangeLog
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15083589
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081713.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081759.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081789.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49263
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2502
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:117
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/1
- http://www.osvdb.org/82279
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53687
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/pycrypto/+bug/985164
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75871
- https://github.com/Legrandin/pycrypto/commit/9f912f13df99ad3421eff360d6a62d7dbec755c2
- https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/blob/373ea760f21701b162e8c4912a66928ee30d401a/ChangeLog
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15083589
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