Security update for libgcrypt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1511-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2015-0837 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

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 update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-500=1
  • 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 Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-500=1

Package List:

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

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