CVE-2021-40529
5.9
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD
Description
The ElGamal implementation in Botan through 2.18.1, as used in Thunderbird and other products, 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.
Affected (4)
Configuration A
| Vulnerable Software | Affected Versions |
|---|---|
| Up to 2.18.1 |
Configuration B
| Vulnerable Software | Affected Versions |
|---|---|
| Version 34 |
Configuration C
| Vulnerable Software | Affected Versions |
|---|---|
| Before 91.12.0 |
References (14)
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Third Party Advisory
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ExploitThird Party Advisory
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Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
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PatchThird Party Advisory
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Third Party Advisory
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ExploitThird Party Advisory
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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