The textbook ElGamal implementation is not secure. PyCrypto and some other implementations use the wrong algorithm, which may lead to some information disclosure simply by looking at the encrypted text. For a full description, see https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/253
This update includes a fix for this problem backported from pycryptodome.
This is CVE-2018-6594.
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This update has been submitted for testing by pghmcfc.
This update has been pushed to testing.
This package is agains epel7 policy. python-crypto is on rhel7 extras. Actually exactly same NVR as this update.
Bodhi is disabling automatic push to stable due to negative karma. The maintainer may push manually if they determine that the issue is not severe.
This update has been unpushed.