Cryptographic issues in libgcrypt (Alpine package)



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-12904
CWE-ID CWE-310
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 libgcrypt (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Cryptographic issues

EUVDB-ID: #VU33175

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12904

CWE-ID: CWE-310 - Cryptographic Issues

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

In Libgcrypt 1.8.4, the C implementation of AES is vulnerable to a flush-and-reload side-channel attack because physical addresses are available to other processes. (The C implementation is used on platforms where an assembly-language implementation is unavailable.)

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

libgcrypt (Alpine package): 1.8.3-r0

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=237b184ab920ac272b958d7e5cfab67112bd00b7
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=589433af04a6580567db8bb9ac47d9d580184178
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5b4846da350aac758d8d91420167fd99e33bcdea
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=92381611d07c877dd1469e1f2f6cf5dd45b11730
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f684a98ab9869cab9dcbc59ffef6134e4db1a03e


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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