Debian 8 DSA-3478-1 Critical: ECDH Key Leak in Libgcrypt11 Security Update
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February 15, 2016
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...
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Summary
See https://cs-people.bu.edu/tromer/ecdh/ for details.
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.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: libgcrypt11
CVE ID: CVE-2015-7511
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