Fedora alert FEDORA-2012-8490 (python-crypto)

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    	       [SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: python-crypto-2.3-6.fc15 
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    	       Sun, 03 Jun 2012 23:28:10 +0000
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-8490
2012-05-27 06:56:48
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Name        : python-crypto
Product     : Fedora 15
Version     : 2.3
Release     : 6.fc15
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.).

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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).
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ChangeLog:

* Fri May 25 2012 Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> - 2.3-6
- Fix insecure ElGamal key generation (#825164, CVE-2012-2417)
* Wed May 11 2011 Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> - 2.3-5
- Upstream rolled new tarball with top-level directory restored
- Nobody else likes macros for commands
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #825162 - CVE-2012-2417 python-crypto: Insecure ElGamal key generation
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825162
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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/.

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