Vulnerability CVE-2017-0379
Published: 2017-08-29   Modified: 2017-08-30

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-200

 (Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Gnupg -> Libgcrypt 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100503
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041294
https://bugs.debian.org/873383
https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/806
https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=commit;h=da780c8183cccc8f533c8ace8211ac2cb2bdee7b
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00221.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0379
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180726-0002/
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3959
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
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