CVE-2021-33560

Summary

CVECVE-2021-33560
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-08 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:35:00 UTC
DescriptionLibgcrypt before 1.8.8 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent blinding to address a side-channel attack against mpi_powm, and the window size is not chosen appropriately. This, for example, affects use of ElGamal in OpenPGP.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-203

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Gnupg Libgcrypt All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function 1.11.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment 1.10.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment 1.9.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Repository Function 1.14.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Repository Function 1.15.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Repository Function 1.15.1 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Slice Selection Function 1.8.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Service Communication Proxy 1.15.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libgcrypt: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: libgcrypt-1.9.3-3.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
⚓ T5466 Release Libgcrypt 1.8.8 MISC dev.gnupg.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2691-1] libgcrypt20 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libgcrypt-1.8.8-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
⚓ T5305 Release Libgcrypt 1.9.3 MISC dev.gnupg.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libgcrypt-1.8.8-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
rCe8b7f10be275 MISC dev.gnupg.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 N/A www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: libgcrypt-1.9.3-3.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
⚓ T5328 On the (in)security of Elgamal in OpenPGP MISC dev.gnupg.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159510 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for libgcrypt (ELSA-2021-4409)
  • 159742 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for libgcrypt (ELSA-2022-9263)
  • 178682 Debian Security Update for libgcrypt20 (DLA 2691-1)
  • 183602 Debian Security Update for libgcrypt20 (CVE-2021-33560)
  • 198503 Ubuntu Security Notification for Libgcrypt Vulnerabilities (USN-5080-1)
  • 239828 Red Hat Update for libgcrypt (RHSA-2021:4409)
  • 281670 Fedora Security Update for libgcrypt (FEDORA-2021-24d4e06195)
  • 281672 Fedora Security Update for libgcrypt (FEDORA-2021-31fdc84207)
  • 296059 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 36.0.1.101.2 Missing (CPUJUL2021)
  • 296060 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 37.0.1.101.1 Missing (CPUJUL2021)
  • 353205 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libgcrypt : ALAS-2022-1578
  • 353209 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libgcrypt : ALAS2-2022-1769
  • 354634 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libgcrypt : AL2012-2022-366
  • 500295 Alpine Linux Security Update for libgcrypt
  • 501746 Alpine Linux Security Update for libgcrypt
  • 504061 Alpine Linux Security Update for libgcrypt
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 670637 EulerOS Security Update for libgcrypt (EulerOS-SA-2021-2395)
  • 670711 EulerOS Security Update for libgcrypt (EulerOS-SA-2021-2469)
  • 670745 EulerOS Security Update for libgcrypt (EulerOS-SA-2021-2503)
  • 670774 EulerOS Security Update for libgcrypt (EulerOS-SA-2021-2532)
  • 670798 EulerOS Security Update for libgcrypt (EulerOS-SA-2021-2556)
  • 670963 EulerOS Security Update for libgcrypt (EulerOS-SA-2021-2590)
  • 671182 EulerOS Security Update for libgcrypt (EulerOS-SA-2021-2935)
  • 671236 EulerOS Security Update for libgcrypt (EulerOS-SA-2022-1173)
  • 710653 Gentoo Linux libgcrypt Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-13)
  • 750708 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libgcrypt (SUSE-SU-2021:2155-1)
  • 750709 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libgcrypt (SUSE-SU-2021:2157-1)
  • 750711 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libgcrypt (SUSE-SU-2021:2156-1)
  • 750728 OpenSUSE Security Update for libgcrypt (openSUSE-SU-2021:0919-1)
  • 750778 OpenSUSE Security Update for libgcrypt (openSUSE-SU-2021:2157-1)
  • 900144 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for libgcrypt 1.8.7
  • 903176 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libgcrypt (4347)
  • 940222 AlmaLinux Security Update for libgcrypt (ALSA-2021:4409)
  • 960079 Rocky Linux Security Update for libgcrypt (RLSA-2021:4409)
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