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Debian Jessie DSA-3880-1 Critical: Libgcrypt Side Channel Threat

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Calendar Grey June 14, 2017
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Fedora addresses weakness in OpenSSL, enhancing protection against exploitation. Upgrade advised.
It was discovered that a side channel attack in the EdDSA session key handling in Libgcrypt may result in information disclosure
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Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.3-2+deb8u3.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been
fixed in version 1.7.6-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.7.6-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgcrypt20 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: libgcrypt20
CVE ID: CVE-2017-9526

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