Recommended update for libgcrypt

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:0846-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libgcrypt fixes the following issues:

  • FIPS: Remove an unneeded check in _gcry_global_constructor (bsc#1164950)
  • FIPS: Fix drbg to be threadsafe (bsc#1167674)
  • FIPS: Run self-tests from constructor during power-on [bsc#1166748]

  • Set up global_init as the constructor function:

  • Relax the entropy requirements on selftest. This is especially important for virtual machines to boot properly before the RNG is available:

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-846=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libgcrypt20-1.8.2-8.23.1
    • libgcrypt20-debuginfo-1.8.2-8.23.1
    • libgcrypt-devel-1.8.2-8.23.1
    • libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.2-8.23.1
    • libgcrypt20-hmac-1.8.2-8.23.1
    • libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.2-8.23.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • libgcrypt20-hmac-32bit-1.8.2-8.23.1
    • libgcrypt20-32bit-1.8.2-8.23.1
    • libgcrypt20-32bit-debuginfo-1.8.2-8.23.1

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