CVE-2018-6594
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6594
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6594.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-6594
- Aliases
- Related
- Published
- 2018-02-03T15:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-01-14T07:36:07.196827Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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lib/Crypto/PublicKey/ElGamal.py in PyCrypto through 2.6.1 generates weak ElGamal key parameters, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading ciphertext data (i.e., it does not have semantic security in face of a ciphertext-only attack). The Decisional Diffie-Hellman (DDH) assumption does not hold for PyCrypto's ElGamal implementation.
- References
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- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-62
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00018.html
- https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/253
- https://github.com/TElgamal/attack-on-pycrypto-elgamal
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-2/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6594
Affected packages
Debian:11 / pycryptodome
Package
- Name
- pycryptodome
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pycryptodome?arch=source
Debian:12 / pycryptodome
Package
- Name
- pycryptodome
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pycryptodome?arch=source
Debian:13 / pycryptodome
Package
- Name
- pycryptodome
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pycryptodome?arch=source