Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831704
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandriva Update for python-pycrypto MDVSA-2012:117 (python-pycrypto)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'python-pycrypto'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'python-pycrypto' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in python-pycrypto: PyCrypto before 2.6 does not produce appropriate prime numbers when using an ElGamal scheme to generate a key, which reduces the signature space or public key space and makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute force attacks to obtain the private key (CVE-2012-2417). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. Affected Software/OS: python-pycrypto on Mandriva Linux 2011.0, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2 Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2417 BugTraq ID: 53687 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53687 Debian Security Information: DSA-2502 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2502 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081713.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081789.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081759.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:117 https://bugs.launchpad.net/pycrypto/+bug/985164 https://github.com/Legrandin/pycrypto/commit/9f912f13df99ad3421eff360d6a62d7dbec755c2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/1 http://www.osvdb.org/82279 http://secunia.com/advisories/49263 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0830 (Google Search) https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15083589 XForce ISS Database: pycrypto-keys-weak-security(75871) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75871
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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