Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1405-1 libgcrypt20 -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 29 Jun 2018
- Affected Packages:
- libgcrypt20
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-0495.
- More information:
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It was discovered that Libgcrypt is prone to a local side-channel attack allowing recovery of ECDSA private keys.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.3-2+deb8u5.We recommend that you upgrade your libgcrypt20 packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS