CVE-2017-0379

MEDIUM

Description

Libgcrypt before 1.8.1 does not properly consider Curve25519 side-channel attacks, which makes it easier for attackers to discover a secret key, related to cipher/ecc.c and mpi/ec.c.

References

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100503

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041294

https://bugs.debian.org/873383

https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/806

https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=commit;h=da780c8183cccc8f533c8ace8211ac2cb2bdee7b

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00221.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180726-0002/

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0379

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3959

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-08-29

Updated: 2019-01-16

Type: CWE-200

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH