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Fedora 26: 2017-bcdeca9d41 Minor Update: Libgcrypt Input Validation Issue

fedora
Calendar Grey November 7, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Notice of Update: libgcrypt version 1.7.9 has been released, which rectifies the absence of crucial input validation for the X25519 curve in the Fedora 26 environment.
Minor security update release 1.7.9.

Summary

Libgcrypt is a general purpose crypto library based on the code used

in GNU Privacy Guard. This is a development version.

Minor security update release 1.7.9.

[ 1 ] Bug #1485921 - CVE-2017-0379 libgcrypt: Missing input validation for X25519 curve

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1485921

su -c 'dnf upgrade libgcrypt' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 1.7.9
Release: 1.fc26
Summary: A general-purpose cryptography library

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