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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40529
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40529
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
5.900000095367432
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | botan | 2.19.1+dfsg-2, 2.19.5+dfsg-3, 2.19.5+dfsg-4 |
| Debian:12 | botan | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | botan | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Sep 6, 2021 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated