Vulnerability Instance

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{
    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/35169?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-stxq-tcuq-aud6",
    "summary": "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.",
    "aliases": [
        {
            "alias": "CVE-2018-6594"
        },
        {
            "alias": "GHSA-6528-wvf6-f6qg"
        },
        {
            "alias": "PYSEC-2018-97"
        }
    ],
    "fixed_packages": [],
    "affected_packages": [
        {
            "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/7701?format=api",
            "purl": "pkg:pypi/pycrypto@2.6.1",
            "is_vulnerable": true,
            "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-af5m-veyp-cugm"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-stxq-tcuq-aud6"
                }
            ],
            "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/pycrypto@2.6.1"
        }
    ],
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        {
            "reference_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6528-wvf6-f6qg",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6528-wvf6-f6qg"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/253",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/253"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pycrypto/PYSEC-2018-97.yaml",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pycrypto/PYSEC-2018-97.yaml"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://github.com/TElgamal/attack-on-pycrypto-elgamal",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://github.com/TElgamal/attack-on-pycrypto-elgamal"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00018.html",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00018.html"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-62",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-62"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-1",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-1"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-1/",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-1/"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-2",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-2"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-2/",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-2/"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6594",
            "reference_id": "CVE-2018-6594",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6594"
        }
    ],
    "weaknesses": [
        {
            "cwe_id": 326,
            "name": "Inadequate Encryption Strength",
            "description": "The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required."
        },
        {
            "cwe_id": 937,
            "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013."
        },
        {
            "cwe_id": 1035,
            "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017."
        }
    ],
    "exploits": [],
    "severity_range_score": null,
    "exploitability": null,
    "weighted_severity": null,
    "risk_score": null,
    "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-stxq-tcuq-aud6"
}