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CVE-2015-0837

Published: 2 March 2015

The mpi_powm function in Libgcrypt before 1.6.3 and GnuPG before 1.4.19 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging timing differences when accessing a pre-computed table during modular exponentiation, related to a "Last-Level Cache Side-Channel Attack."

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
gnupg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid
Released (1.4.10-2ubuntu1.8)
precise
Released (1.4.11-3ubuntu2.9)
trusty
Released (1.4.16-1ubuntu2.3)
upstream
Released (1.4.18-7)
utopic
Released (1.4.16-1.2ubuntu1.2)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commitdiff;h=6cbc75e71295f23431c4ab95edc7573f2fc28476



libgcrypt11
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid
Released (1.4.4-5ubuntu2.4)
precise
Released (1.5.0-3ubuntu0.4)
trusty
Released (1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2)
upstream Needed

utopic
Released (1.5.4-2ubuntu1.1)
libgcrypt20
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (1.6.1-2ubuntu1.14.04.1)
upstream
Released (1.6.3-2)
utopic
Released (1.6.1-2ubuntu1.14.10.1)
Patches:

upstream: http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=commit;h=deb6f231ba85f65283c9e1deb3e2dea3b6ca46dc
upstream: http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=commit;h=d9f002899d26dc64f1502ae5050632340a4780fe
upstream: http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=commit;h=5e72b6c76ebee720f69b8a5c212f52d38eb50287

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N