CVE-2015-0837

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-0837
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-29 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-14 13:59:00 UTC
DescriptionThe mpi_powm function in Libgcrypt before 1.6.3 and GnuPG before 1.4.19 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging timing differences when accessing a pre-computed table during modular exponentiation, related to a "Last-Level Cache Side-Channel Attack."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-203

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
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3185-1 libgcrypt11 MISC www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[Announce] GnuPG 1.4.19 released (with SCA fix) CONFIRM lists.gnupg.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Last-Level Cache Side-Channel Attacks are Practical - IEEE Conference Publication MISC ieeexplore.ieee.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3184-1 gnupg MISC www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[Announce] Libgcrypt 1.6.3 released (with SCA fix) CONFIRM lists.gnupg.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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