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CVE-2017-0379 Detail

Current Description

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/29/2017
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100503 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041294
https://bugs.debian.org/873383 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/806 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=commit;h=da780c8183cccc8f533c8ace8211ac2cb2bdee7b Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00221.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180726-0002/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0379 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3959 Patch Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)

Change History

4 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-0379
NVD Published Date:
08/29/2017
NVD Last Modified:
07/27/2018