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SUSE-SU-2019:1859-1 Not scored

Security update for libgcrypt

This update for libgcrypt fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2019-12904: The C implementation of AES is vulnerable to a flush-and-reload side-channel attack because physical addresses are available to other processes. (The C implementation is used on platforms where an assembly-language implementation is unavailable.) (bsc#1138939) Other bugfixes: - Don't run full FIPS self-tests from constructor (bsc#1097073) - Skip all the self-tests except for binary integrity when called from the constructor (bsc#1097073) - Enforce the minimal RSA keygen size in fips mode (bsc#1125740) - avoid executing some tests twice. - Fixed a race condition in initialization. - Fixed env-script-interpreter in cavs_driver.pl - Fixed redundant fips tests in some situations causing failure to boot in fips mode. (bsc#1097073) This helps during booting of the system in FIPS mode with insufficient entropy.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published July 16, 2019
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 libgcrypt

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04 / EVIDENCE

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Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2019:1859-1

This update for libgcrypt fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2019-12904: The C implementation of AES is vulnerable to a flush-and-reload side-channel attack because physical addresses are available to other processes. (The C implementation is used on platforms where an assembly-language implementation is unavailable.) (bsc#1138939) Other bugfixes: - Don't run full FIPS self-tests from constructor (bsc#1097073) - Skip all the self-tests except for binary integrity when called from the constructor (bsc#1097073) - Enforce the minimal RSA keygen size in fips mode (bsc#1125740) - avoid executing some tests twice. - Fixed a race condition in initialization. - Fixed env-script-interpreter in cavs_driver.pl - Fixed redundant fips tests in some situations causing failure to boot in fips mode. (bsc#1097073) This helps during booting of the system in FIPS mode with insufficient entropy.

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