CVE-2021-33560CWE-203CWE-325

CVE-2021-33560

High · published June 8, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
2%
Percentile
83.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Libgcrypt before 1.8.8 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent blinding to address a side-channel attack against mpi_powm, and the window size is not chosen appropriately. This, for example, affects use of ElGamal in OpenPGP.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02370 · 83.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-203 · Observable Discrepancy; CWE-325 · Missing Cryptographic Step
Published
2021-06-08T15:15Z
Affected products (13)
ProductVersionsFixed in
gnupg/libgcrypt< 1.8.81.8.8
gnupg/libgcrypt≥ 1.9.0, < 1.9.31.9.3
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_functionall versions—
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environmentall versions—
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environmentall versions—
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_network_repository_functionall versions—
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_network_repository_functionall versions—
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_network_repository_functionall versions—
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_network_slice_selection_functionall versions—
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_service_communication_proxyall versions—
References (25)
https://dev.gnupg.org/T5305 · [email protected]https://dev.gnupg.org/T5328 · [email protected]https://dev.gnupg.org/T5466 · [email protected]https://dev.gnupg.org/rCe8b7f10be275bcedb5fc05ed4837a89bfd605c61 · [email protected]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00021.html · [email protected]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BKKTOIGFW2SGN3DO2UHHVZ7MJSYN4AAB/ · [email protected]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7OAPCUGPF3VLA7QAJUQSL255D4ITVTL/ · [email protected]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-13 · [email protected]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html · [email protected]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html · [email protected]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html · [email protected]https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html · [email protected]https://dev.gnupg.org/T5305 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://dev.gnupg.org/T5328 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://dev.gnupg.org/T5466 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://dev.gnupg.org/rCe8b7f10be275bcedb5fc05ed4837a89bfd605c61 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00021.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BKKTOIGFW2SGN3DO2UHHVZ7MJSYN4AAB/ · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7OAPCUGPF3VLA7QAJUQSL255D4ITVTL/ · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-13 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 JUN 00:00Z
    Libgcrypt before 1.8.8 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent blinding to address a side-channel attack against…
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