vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2015-7511: libgcrypt side-channel attack on ECDH with Weierstrass curves
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Apr 19, 2016 | Aug 30, 2017 | Oct 30, 2017 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 19, 2016
Added
Aug 30, 2017
Modified
Oct 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
alpine-linux-upgrade-libgcrypt
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