USN-4236-1

It was discovered that Libgcrypt was susceptible to a ECDSA timing attack. An attacker could possibly use this attack to recover sensitive information.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libgcrypt20

Package

Name: libgcrypt20
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgcrypt20@1.8.1-4ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.8.1-4ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.7.8-2ubuntu1

1.7.9-1

1.8.1-4

1.8.1-4ubuntu1

1.8.1-4ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-4ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt11-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4-3+really1.8.1-4ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-4ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-4ubuntu1.2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}