CVE-2017-0379
High
CVE-2017-0379
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.
Exploit probability
3.5%
Published
August 29, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
88 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-0379
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100503
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041294
- https://bugs.debian.org/873383
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/806
- https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=da780c8183cccc8f533c8ace8211ac2cb2bdee7b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00221.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0379
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180726-0002/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3959
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html