USN-2555-1

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USN-2555-1

Summary: libgcrypt11, libgcrypt20 vulnerabilities

Details: Daniel Genkin, Lev Pachmanov, Itamar Pipman, and Eran Tromer discovered that Libgcrypt was susceptible to an attack via physical side channels. A local attacker could use this attack to possibly recover private keys. (CVE-2014-3591) Daniel Genkin, Adi Shamir, and Eran Tromer discovered that Libgcrypt was susceptible to an attack via physical side channels. A local attacker could use this attack to possibly recover private keys. (CVE-2015-0837)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2555-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3591, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0837