Alpine: pycrypto: security update to 2.3-r1 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401216

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 401216

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2417

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2417

BID: 53687

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