SUSE-SU-2017:1608-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:1608-1

    Published: 19 Jun 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9526
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-9526

    Summary: Security update for libgcrypt

    Details: This update for libgcrypt fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-9526: Store the session key in secure memory to ensure that constant time point operations are used in the MPI library. (bsc#1042326) - Don't require secure memory for the fips selftests, this prevents the 'Oops, secure memory pool already initialized' warning. (bsc#931932)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171608-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1042326, https://bugzilla.suse.com/931932, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9526

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libgcrypt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libgcrypt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.1-16.39.1

    Affected versions

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