CVE-2015-0837 (GCVE-0-2015-0837)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-29 21:10 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:26
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Summary
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."
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Other
Assigner
debian CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 2 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GNU Libgcrypt Affected: before 1.6.3
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GNU GnuPG Affected: before 1.4.19
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Date Public
2012-05-23 00:00
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