Debian: DSA-3959-1: libgcrypt20 security update
Debian: DSA-3959-1: libgcrypt20 security update
Daniel Genkin, Luke Valenta and Yuval Yarom discovered that Libgcrypt is prone to a local side-channel attack against the ECDH encryption with Curve25519, allowing recovery of the private key.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3959-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso August 29, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : libgcrypt20 CVE ID : CVE-2017-0379 Debian Bug : 873383 Daniel Genkin, Luke Valenta and Yuval Yarom discovered that Libgcrypt is prone to a local side-channel attack against the ECDH encryption with Curve25519, allowing recovery of the private key. See https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/806 for details. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.6-2+deb9u2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.9-1. 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/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.