usn-3689-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-06-19 15:17
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
libgcrypt11, libgcrypt20 vulnerability
Details

Keegan Ryan discovered that Libgcrypt was susceptible to a side-channel attack. A local attacker could possibly use this attack to recover ECDSA private keys.

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  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:35Z",
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