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SUSE: 2021:14751-2 Critical: OpenSSL Vulnerability Mitigation

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Calendar Grey June 18, 2021
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An important announcement regarding OpenSSL highlights a critical cryptographic flaw impacting Ubuntu systems.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for libgcrypt fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-33560: Fixed a side-channel against ElGamal encryption, caused by missing exponent blinding (bsc#1187212). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-libgcrypt-14751=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-libgcrypt-14751=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libgcrypt-14751=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-libgcrypt-14751=1 Package List:

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security advisory software update important SUSE side-channel libgcrypt SUSE Linux Enterprise

References

#1187212

Cross- CVE-2021-33560

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-33560 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2021-33560 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33560.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187212

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14751-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update important SUSE side-channel libgcrypt SUSE Linux Enterprise

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