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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201408-10
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Libgcrypt: Side-channel attack
Date: August 29, 2014
Bugs: #519396
ID: 201408-10

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in Libgcrypt could allow a remote attacker to extract
ElGamal private key information.

Background
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Libgcrypt is a general purpose cryptographic library derived out of
GnuPG.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/libgcrypt < 1.5.4 >= 1.5.4

Description
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A vulnerability in the implementation of ElGamal decryption procedures
of Libgcrypt leaks information to various side-channels.

Impact
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A physical side-channel attack allows a remote attacker to fully
extract decryption keys during the decryption of a chosen ciphertext.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Libgcrypt users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5.4”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-5270
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5270

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-10.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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