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Alpine Linux: CVE-2015-7511: libgcrypt side-channel attack on ECDH with Weierstrass curves

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2015-7511: libgcrypt side-channel attack on ECDH with Weierstrass curves

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/19/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Libgcrypt before 1.6.5 does not properly perform elliptic-point curve multiplication during decryption, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to extract ECDH keys by measuring electromagnetic emanations.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-libgcrypt

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