Security update for libgcrypt
SUSE Security Update: Security update for libgcrypt
libgcrypt has been updated to fix a cryptographic weakness.
* CVE-2013-4242: libgcrypt was affected by the Yarom/Falkner
flush+reload side-channel attach on RSA secret keys, that could have
potentially leaked the key data to attackers on the same machine.
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2013-4242
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:0704-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #831359 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
libgcrypt has been updated to fix a cryptographic weakness.
* CVE-2013-4242: libgcrypt was affected by the Yarom/Falkner
flush+reload side-channel attach on RSA secret keys, that could have
potentially leaked the key data to attackers on the same machine.
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2013-4242
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-libgcrypt-9115
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
- libgcrypt11-1.4.1-6.10.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (s390x x86_64):
- libgcrypt11-32bit-1.4.1-6.10.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4242.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/831359
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=827bbef3ada5dcf3b73bc75a28643fa0