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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202007-62">
<title>PyCrypto: Weak key generation</title>
<synopsis>A flaw in PyCrypto allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive
information.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">pycrypto</product>
<announced>2020-07-31</announced>
<revised count="1">2020-07-31</revised>
<bug>703682</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-python/pycrypto" auto="yes" arch="*">
<vulnerable range="le">2.6.1-r2</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>PyCrypto is the Python Cryptography Toolkit.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>It was discovered that PyCrypto incorrectly generated ElGamal key
parameters.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>Attackers may be able to obtain sensitive information by reading
ciphertext data.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>Gentoo has discontinued support for PyCrypto. We recommend that users
unmerge PyCrypto:
</p>
<p># emerge --unmerge “dev-python/pycrypto”</p>
<p>NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining PyCrypto have discontinued
support at this time. PyCryptodome is the canonical successor to
PyCrypto.
</p>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6594">CVE-2018-6594</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-07-30T01:21:33Z">sam_c</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-07-31T17:10:46Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>
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