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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-3591: GnuPG: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-3591: GnuPG: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/29/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-crypt-gnupg
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libgcrypt

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