CVE-2014-3591

Summary

CVECVE-2014-3591
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-29 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-05 18:06:00 UTC
DescriptionLibgcrypt 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Gnupg Gnupg All All All All
Application Gnupg Gnupg All All All All
Application Gnupg Libgcrypt All All All All
Application Gnupg Libgcrypt All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Announce] Libgcrypt 1.6.3 released (with SCA fix) MISC lists.gnupg.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Stealing Keys from PCs by Radio: Cheap Electromagnetic Attacks on Windowed Exponentiation MISC www.cs.tau.ac.il Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3185-1 libgcrypt11 MISC www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[Announce] GnuPG 1.4.19 released (with SCA fix) MISC lists.gnupg.org Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3184-1 gnupg MISC www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296059 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 36.0.1.101.2 Missing (CPUJUL2021)
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