CVE-2017-0379

libgcrypt: Missing input validation for X25519 curve

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.0

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Published · August 27, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

Libgcrypt before 1.8.1 does not properly consider Curve25519 side-channel attacks, which makes it easier for attackers to discover a secret key, related to cipher/ecc.c and mpi/ec.c.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor