Information Exposure Affecting libgcrypt11 package, versions <1.5.0-3ubuntu0.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-LIBGCRYPT11-292590
  • published19 Aug 2013
  • disclosed19 Aug 2013

Introduced: 19 Aug 2013

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 libgcrypt11 to version 1.5.0-3ubuntu0.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgcrypt11 package and not the libgcrypt11 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 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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