<?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>