USN-2555-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2555-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2555-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2555-1
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Published
2015-04-01T13:28:51.256200Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:07Z
Summary
libgcrypt11, libgcrypt20 vulnerabilities
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)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libgcrypt11

Package

Name
libgcrypt11
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgcrypt11@1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.0-3ubuntu3
1.5.3-2ubuntu1
1.5.3-2ubuntu4
1.5.3-2ubuntu4.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt11",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt11-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2014-3591",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-0837",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}