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Race Condition Affecting libgcrypt package, versions <1.8.5-r0

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.21% (59th percentile)
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NVD
6.3 medium
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SUSE
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
6.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE39-LIBGCRYPT-484050
  • published 29 Aug 2019
  • disclosed 25 Sep 2019
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Introduced: 29 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-13627 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.9 libgcrypt to version 1.8.5-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgcrypt package and not the libgcrypt package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.9 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was discovered that there was a ECDSA timing attack in the libgcrypt20 cryptographic library. Version affected: 1.8.4-5, 1.7.6-2+deb9u3, and 1.6.3-2+deb8u4. Versions fixed: 1.8.5-2 and 1.6.3-2+deb8u7.