Information Exposure Affecting libgcrypt package, versions <0:1.4.5-11.el6_4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-LIBGCRYPT-2085819
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Jul 2013

Introduced: 22 Jul 2013

CVE-2013-4242  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 libgcrypt to version 0:1.4.5-11.el6_4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgcrypt package and not the libgcrypt package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

GnuPG before 1.4.14, and Libgcrypt before 1.5.3 as used in GnuPG 2.0.x and possibly other products, allows local users to obtain private RSA keys via a cache side-channel attack involving the L3 cache, aka Flush+Reload.

CVSS Scores

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