Recommended update for libgcrypt

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2024:2705-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Certifications Module 15-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libgcrypt fixes the following issues:

  • FIPS: ECC: Transition to error-state if PCT fail [bsc#1208925]
  • FIPS: ECDSA: Avoid no-keytest in ECDSA keygen [bsc#1208924]
  • FIPS: PBKDF2: Added additional checks for the minimum key length, salt length, iteration count and passphrase length to the kdf FIPS indicator in _gcry_fips_indicator_kdf() [bsc#1208926]

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:

  • Certifications Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Certifications-15-SP5-2024-2705=1

Package List:

  • Certifications Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libgcrypt20-hmac-1.9.4-150400.6.8.1
    • libgcrypt20-1.9.4-150400.6.8.1
    • libgcrypt-debugsource-1.9.4-150400.6.8.1
    • libgcrypt20-debuginfo-1.9.4-150400.6.8.1
  • Certifications Module 15-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libgcrypt-cavs-1.9.4-150400.6.8.1
    • libgcrypt-devel-1.9.4-150400.6.8.1
    • libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.9.4-150400.6.8.1
    • libgcrypt-cavs-debuginfo-1.9.4-150400.6.8.1

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