{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2018-6594", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "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." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "[debian-lts-announce] 20180215 [SECURITY] [DLA 1283-1] python-crypto security update", "refsource" : "MLIST", "url" : "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00018.html" }, { "name" : "https://github.com/TElgamal/attack-on-pycrypto-elgamal", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "https://github.com/TElgamal/attack-on-pycrypto-elgamal" }, { "name" : "https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/253", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/253" }, { "name" : "USN-3616-1", "refsource" : "UBUNTU", "url" : "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-1/" }, { "name" : "USN-3616-2", "refsource" : "UBUNTU", "url" : "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-2/" } ] } }