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Debian: CVE-2014-3591: gnupg, libgcrypt11, libgcrypt20 -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 29, 2019
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Libgcrypt before 1.6.3 and GnuPG before 1.4.19 does not implement ciphertext blinding for Elgamal decryption, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain the server's private key by determining factors using crafted ciphertext and the fluctuations in the electromagnetic field during multiplication.

Solutions

debian-upgrade-gnupgdebian-upgrade-libgcrypt11debian-upgrade-libgcrypt20
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