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CVE-2021-40530
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Date: September 6, 2021
The ElGamal implementation in Crypto++ through 8.5 allows plaintext recovery because, during interaction between two cryptographic libraries, a certain dangerous combination of the prime defined by the receiver's public key, the generator defined by the receiver's public key, and the sender's ephemeral exponents can lead to a cross-configuration attack against OpenPGP.
Language: C++
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Severity Score
Weakness Type (CWE)
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
CWE-327Top Fix
CVSS v3.1
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Attack Vector (AV): | NETWORK |
Attack Complexity (AC): | LOW |
Privileges Required (PR): | NONE |
User Interaction (UI): | NONE |
Scope (S): | UNCHANGED |
Confidentiality (C): | HIGH |
Integrity (I): | HIGH |
Availability (A): | HIGH |
CVSS v2
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Access Vector (AV): | NETWORK |
Access Complexity (AC): | LOW |
Authentication (AU): | NONE |
Confidentiality (C): | PARTIAL |
Integrity (I): | PARTIAL |
Availability (A): | PARTIAL |
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