DSA-3880-1 libgcrypt20 -- security update

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:

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.