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Synopsis:          Moderate: libgcrypt security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2021:4409-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4409
Issue date:        2021-11-09
CVE Names:         CVE-2021-33560 
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1. Summary:

An update for libgcrypt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

The libgcrypt library provides general-purpose implementations of various
cryptographic algorithms.

Security Fix(es):

* libgcrypt: mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent
blinding to address a side-channel attack against mpi_powm (CVE-2021-33560)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1970096 - CVE-2021-33560 libgcrypt: mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent blinding to address a side-channel attack against mpi_powm
1976137 - Enable hardware optimizations in FIPS mode

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):

Source:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.src.rpm

aarch64:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm

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7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33560
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
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RedHat: RHSA-2021-4409:03 Moderate: libgcrypt security and bug fix update

An update for libgcrypt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Summary

The libgcrypt library provides general-purpose implementations of various cryptographic algorithms.
Security Fix(es):
* libgcrypt: mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent blinding to address a side-channel attack against mpi_powm (CVE-2021-33560)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.



Summary


Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33560 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
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Severity
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:4409-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4409
Issued Date: : 2021-11-09
CVE Names: CVE-2021-33560

Topic

An update for libgcrypt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.


Topic


 

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64


Bugs Fixed

1970096 - CVE-2021-33560 libgcrypt: mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent blinding to address a side-channel attack against mpi_powm

1976137 - Enable hardware optimizations in FIPS mode


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