Updated libgcrypt packages fix a security vulnerability
Publication date: 28 Jun 2021Modification date: 28 Jun 2021
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 7 , 8
CVE: CVE-2021-33560
Description
Libgcrypt before 1.8.8 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 mishandles ElGamal encryption
because it lacks exponent blinding to address a side-channel attack against
mpi_powm, and the window size is not chosen appropriately (CVE-2021-33560).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29162
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-June/009053.html
- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/PPALT4SBPXXPFJVTZN5FQCXMNVH4GXCU/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-33560
SRPMS
7/core
- libgcrypt-1.8.5-1.1.mga7
8/core
- libgcrypt-1.8.7-1.1.mga8