USN-2896-1

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    USN-2896-1

    Published: 15 Feb 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: libgcrypt11, libgcrypt20 vulnerability

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2896-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7511

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libgcrypt11

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.3-2ubuntu4.3

    Affected versions

    1.5.0-3ubuntu3
    1.5.3-2ubuntu1
    1.5.3-2ubuntu4
    1.5.3-2ubuntu4.1
    1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2

    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