CVE-2017-0379
HIGH7.5EPSS 1.9%libgcrypt20 - security update
Published: 8/29/2017Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2017-0379DEBIAN-CVE-2017-0379
Description
Libgcrypt before 1.8.1 does not properly consider Curve25519 side-channel attacks, which makes it easier for attackers to discover a secret key, related to cipher/ecc.c and mpi/ec.c.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/libgcryptfrom 0, < 1.7.9-r0
- Debian/libgcrypt20from 0, < 1.7.9-1
- Debian/libgcrypt20from 0, < 1.7.6-2+deb9u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |