SUSE-SU-2018:2452-2

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / SUSE-SU-2018:2452-2

    SUSE-SU-2018:2452-2

    Published: 23 Nov 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-0495
    Aliases:
    CVE-2018-0495

    Summary: Security update for libgcrypt

    Details: This update for libgcrypt fixes the following issues: The following security vulnerability was addressed: - CVE-2018-0495: Mitigate a novel side-channel attack by enabling blinding for ECDSA signatures (bsc#1097410). The following other issues were fixed: - Extended the fipsdrv dsa-sign and dsa-verify commands with the --algo parameter for the FIPS testing of DSA SigVer and SigGen (bsc#1064455). - Ensure libgcrypt20-hmac and libgcrypt20 are installed in the correct order. (bsc#1090766)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182452-2/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1064455, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090766, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1097410, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-0495

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libgcrypt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libgcrypt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.1-16.62.1

    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