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CVE-2017-0379

Published: 29 August 2017

Libgcrypt before 1.8.1 does not properly consider Curve25519 side-channel attacks, which makes it easier for attackers to discover a secret key, related to cipher/ecc.c and mpi/ec.c.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libgcrypt11
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

libgcrypt20
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
upstream
Released (1.7.9-1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
zesty
Released (1.7.6-1ubuntu0.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=commit;h=da780c8183cccc8f533c8ace8211ac2cb2bdee7b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N