CVE-2017-0379 Information

Description

Libgcrypt before 1.8.1 does not properly consider Curve25519 side-channel attacks which makes it easier for attackers to discover a secret key related to cipher/ecc.c and mpi/ec.c.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100503 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041294 https://bugs.debian.org/873383 https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/806 https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=commit;h=da780c8183cccc8f533c8ace8211ac2cb2bdee7b https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00221.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180726-0002/ https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0379 https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3959 https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5