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.
Published: 2017-08-29
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3959-1 libgcrypt20 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0733 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3417-1 Libgcrypt vulnerability
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Debian Debian Linux
Gnupg Libgcrypt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T13:03:56.982Z

Reserved: 2016-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-0379

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-29T22:29:00.173

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-0379

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-08-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-0379 - Bugzilla

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