USN-4236-3: Libgcrypt vulnerability
28 January 2020
Libgcrypt could be made to expose sensitive information.
Releases
Packages
- libgcrypt11 - LGPL Crypto library
Details
USN-4236-1 fixed a vulnerability in Libgcrypt. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Libgcrypt was susceptible to a ECDSA timing attack.
An attacker could possibly use this attack to recover sensitive
information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-4236-2: libgcrypt20-doc, libgcrypt20, libgcrypt20-dev, libgcrypt11-dev, libgcrypt20-udeb
- USN-4236-1: libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev, libgcrypt20-doc, libgcrypt20, libgcrypt20-dev, libgcrypt11-dev, libgcrypt20-udeb