Debian DSA-2731-1 Critical: Libgcrypt11 Information Leak
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July 29, 2013
Yarom and Falkner discovered that RSA secret keys in applications using the libgcrypt11 library, for example GnuPG 2.x, could be leaked via a side channel attack, where a malicious...
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Summary
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.5-2+squeeze1.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.0-5+deb7u1.
For the testing distribution (jessie) and unstable distribution (sid),
this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.3-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libgcrypt11 packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: libgcrypt11
CVE ID: CVE-2013-4242
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