Security update for libgcrypt

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libgcrypt
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1511-1
Rating: moderate
References: #920057 #938343
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

    Description:


    This update fixes the following issues:

    Security:
    * Fixed data-dependent timing variations in modular exponentiation
    [related to CVE-2015-0837, Last-Level Cache Side-Channel Attacks are
    Practical] (bsc#920057)

    Bugfixes:
    * don't drop privileges when locking secure memory (bsc#938343)

    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 Software Development Kit 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-500=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-500=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-500=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libgcrypt-debugsource-1.6.1-16.1
      • libgcrypt-devel-1.6.1-16.1
      • libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.6.1-16.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libgcrypt-debugsource-1.6.1-16.1
      • libgcrypt20-1.6.1-16.1
      • libgcrypt20-debuginfo-1.6.1-16.1
      • libgcrypt20-hmac-1.6.1-16.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x x86_64):
      • libgcrypt20-32bit-1.6.1-16.1
      • libgcrypt20-debuginfo-32bit-1.6.1-16.1
      • libgcrypt20-hmac-32bit-1.6.1-16.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • libgcrypt-debugsource-1.6.1-16.1
      • libgcrypt20-1.6.1-16.1
      • libgcrypt20-32bit-1.6.1-16.1
      • libgcrypt20-debuginfo-1.6.1-16.1
      • libgcrypt20-debuginfo-32bit-1.6.1-16.1

    References: