CVE-2015-7511
LOW severity · CVSS 2 · Information disclosure
2CVSS LOW
Summary
Libgcrypt before 1.6.5 does not properly perform elliptic-point curve multiplication during decryption, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to extract ECDH keys by measuring electromagnetic emanations.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorPhysical
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2016q1/000384.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00027.html
- http://www.cs.tau.ac.IL/~tromer/ecdh/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3474
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3478
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83253
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2896-1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W2IL4PAEICHGA2XMQYRY3MIWHM4GMPAG/