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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-13627: libgcrypt ECDSA timing attack

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-13627: libgcrypt ECDSA timing attack

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/25/2019
Created
12/18/2019
Added
11/27/2019
Modified
04/09/2024

Description

It was discovered that there was a ECDSA timing attack in the libgcrypt20 cryptographic library. Version affected: 1.8.4-5, 1.7.6-2+deb9u3, and 1.6.3-2+deb8u4. Versions fixed: 1.8.5-2 and 1.6.3-2+deb8u7.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-libgcrypt

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