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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2896-1
February 15, 2016
libgcrypt11, libgcrypt20 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 15.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Libgcrypt could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software Description:
– libgcrypt20: LGPL Crypto library
– libgcrypt11: LGPL Crypto library
Details:
Daniel Genkin, Lev Pachmanov, Itamar Pipman and Eran Tromer discovered
that Libgcrypt was susceptible to an attack via physical side channels. A
local attacker could use this attack to possibly recover private keys.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.10:
libgcrypt20 1.6.3-2ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libgcrypt11 1.5.3-2ubuntu4.3
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libgcrypt11 1.5.0-3ubuntu0.5
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2896-1
CVE-2015-7511
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgcrypt20/1.6.3-2ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgcrypt11/1.5.3-2ubuntu4.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgcrypt11/1.5.0-3ubuntu0.5
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