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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2555-1
April 01, 2015
libgcrypt11, libgcrypt20 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Libgcrypt.
Software Description:
– libgcrypt11: LGPL Crypto library
– libgcrypt20: 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.
(CVE-2014-3591)
Daniel Genkin, Adi Shamir, 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. (CVE-2015-0837)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
libgcrypt11 1.5.4-2ubuntu1.1
libgcrypt20 1.6.1-2ubuntu1.14.10.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libgcrypt11 1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libgcrypt11 1.5.0-3ubuntu0.4
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libgcrypt11 1.4.4-5ubuntu2.4
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2555-1
CVE-2014-3591, CVE-2015-0837
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgcrypt11/1.5.4-2ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgcrypt20/1.6.1-2ubuntu1.14.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgcrypt11/1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgcrypt11/1.5.0-3ubuntu0.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgcrypt11/1.4.4-5ubuntu2.4
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