-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2012-8470 2012-05-27 01:33:59 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : python-crypto Product : Fedora 16 Version : 2.3 Release : 6.fc16 URL : http://www.pycrypto.org/ Summary : Cryptography library for Python Description : Python-crypto is a collection of both secure hash functions (such as MD5 and SHA), and various encryption algorithms (AES, DES, RSA, ElGamal, etc.). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: This update is a security fix for CVE-2012-2417 (insecure ElGamal key generation). Anyone using ElGamal keys should generate new keys as soon as practical (any additional information about this bug will be tracked at https://bugs.launchpad.net/pycrypto/+bug/985164). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Fri May 25 2012 Paul Howarth <[email protected]> - 2.3-6 - Fix insecure ElGamal key generation (#825164, CVE-2012-2417) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #825162 - CVE-2012-2417 python-crypto: Insecure ElGamal key generation https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825162 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update python-crypto' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-announce
