CVE-2017-0379

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    CVE-2017-0379

    Published: 29 Aug 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041294, https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=da780c8183cccc8f533c8ace8211ac2cb2bdee7b, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100503, https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/806, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180726-0002/, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html, https://bugs.debian.org/873383, https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00221.html, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0379, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3959

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    libgcrypt-1.8.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High