A libgcrypt security and bug fix update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
RHSA-2021:4409-03: Moderate: libgcrypt security and bug fix update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: libgcrypt security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:4409-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4409
Issue date: 2021-11-09
CVE Names: CVE-2021-33560
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1. Summary:
An update for libgcrypt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
The libgcrypt library provides general-purpose implementations of various
cryptographic algorithms.
Security Fix(es):
* libgcrypt: mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent
blinding to address a side-channel attack against mpi_powm (CVE-2021-33560)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1970096 - CVE-2021-33560 libgcrypt: mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent blinding to address a side-channel attack against mpi_powm
1976137 - Enable hardware optimizations in FIPS mode
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33560
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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