A Libgcrypt security update has been released for Gentoo Linux.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202003-32
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  https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: Libgcrypt: Side-channel attack
Date: March 15, 2020
Bugs: #693108
ID: 202003-32

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in Libgcrypt could allow a local attacker to recover
sensitive information.

Background
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Libgcrypt is a general purpose cryptographic library derived out of
GnuPG.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/libgcrypt < 1.8.5 >= 1.8.5

Description
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A timing attack was found in the way ECCDSA was implemented in
Libgcrypt.

Impact
======

A local man-in-the-middle attacker, during signature generation, could
possibly recover the private key.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Libgcrypt users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.8.5"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2019-13627
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13627

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-32

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
  https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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The contents of this document are licensed under the
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