MGASA-2017-0334

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    MGASA-2017-0334

    Published: 10 Sept 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-0379

    Summary: Updated libgcrypt packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that libgcrypt is prone to a local side-channel attack against the ECDH encryption with Curve25519, allowing recovery of the private key.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0334.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21640, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0379

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libgcrypt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libgcrypt?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.8-1.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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