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CVE-2017-0379

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Date: August 29, 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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (14)

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180726-0002/

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041294

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00221.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-0379

Url: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3959

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0379

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100503

Url: https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=da780c8183cccc8f533c8ace8211ac2cb2bdee7b

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0379

Url: https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/806

Url: https://bugs.debian.org/873383

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-0379

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 1.8.1

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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