Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20186594000
Revision Date:2018-02-03Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-6594 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-6594
Platform(s):Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'pycryptodome' package in artful is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'python-crypto' package in artful was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.6.1-7ubuntu0.1').
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