FKIE_CVE-2015-0837

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-11-29 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:21
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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."
References
security@debian.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3184Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3185Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7163050Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000363.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000364.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3184Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3185Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7163050Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000363.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000364.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnupg gnupg *
gnupg libgcrypt *
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:21:00.530",
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