Libgcrypt: Side-channel attack A vulnerability in Libgcrypt could allow a remote attacker to extract ElGamal private key information. libgcrypt,side-channel,elgamal 2014-08-29 2014-08-29 519396 remote 1.5.4 1.5.4

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

A vulnerability in the implementation of ElGamal decryption procedures of Libgcrypt leaks information to various side-channels.

A physical side-channel attack allows a remote attacker to fully extract decryption keys during the decryption of a chosen ciphertext.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Libgcrypt users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5.4"
CVE-2014-5270 K_F K_F