Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3880-1 libgcrypt20 -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 14 Jun 2017
- Affected Packages:
- libgcrypt20
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-9526.
- More information:
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It was discovered that a side channel attack in the EdDSA session key handling in Libgcrypt may result in information disclosure.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.3-2+deb8u3.
For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.6-2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.6-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your libgcrypt20 packages.