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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3478-1 (libgcrypt11 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
1.9
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Daniel Genkin, Lev Pachmanov, Itamar Pipman and Eran Tromer discovered that the ECDH secret decryption keys in applications using the libgcrypt11 library could be leaked via a side-channel attack.
Affected Software
Affected Software
libgcrypt11 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.0-5+deb7u4. We recommend that you upgrade your libgcrypt11 packages.