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Ubuntu: USN-2896-1 (CVE-2015-7511): Libgcrypt vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Published

Feb 15, 2016

Added

Feb 15, 2016

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

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.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-libgcrypt11ubuntu-upgrade-libgcrypt20

References

CVE-2015-7511
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-7511
CWE-200
DEBIAN-DSA-3474
DEBIAN-DSA-3478
EUVD-EUVD-2015-7432
NVD-CVE-2015-7511
UBUNTU-USN-2896-1
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-7432

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