A libgcrypt security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

RHSA-2022:5311-01: Moderate: libgcrypt security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Moderate: libgcrypt security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:5311-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5311
Issue date: 2022-06-28
CVE Names: CVE-2021-40528
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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: ElGamal implementation allows plaintext recovery
(CVE-2021-40528)

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.

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/):

2002816 - CVE-2021-40528 libgcrypt: ElGamal implementation allows plaintext recovery

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):

Source:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-7.el8_6.src.rpm

aarch64:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
libgcrypt-1.8.5-7.el8_6.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-1.8.5-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-7.el8_6.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-debuginfo-1.8.5-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-7.el8_6.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-debugsource-1.8.5-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-7.el8_6.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-7.el8_6.i686.rpm
libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-1.8.5-7.el8_6.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-2021-40528
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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