SB2018022314 - Information disclosure in PyCrypto
Published: February 23, 2018 Updated: March 16, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018022314
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6594)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.The weakness exists in the ElGamal implementation in PyCrypto due to generation of weak ElGamal key parameters by the source code in the lib/Crypto/PublicKey/ElGamal.py file. A remote attacker can gain access to potentially sensitive information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.