DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33560

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-33560
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33560.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33560
Upstream
Published
2021-06-08T11:15:07Z
Modified
2025-09-25T23:27:02.409779Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libgcrypt20

Package

Name
libgcrypt20
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgcrypt20?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.7-6
1.9.0-1
1.9.1-1
1.9.2~beta16-1
1.9.2-1
1.9.3-1
1.9.4-1
1.9.4-2
1.9.4-3
1.9.4-4
1.9.4-5
1.10.0-1
1.10.0-2
1.10.1-1
1.10.1-2
1.10.1-3
1.10.2-1
1.10.2-2
1.10.2-2+loong64
1.10.2-3
1.10.3-1
1.10.3-2
1.10.3-3
1.11.0~beta450-1
1.11.0-1
1.11.0-2
1.11.0-3
1.11.0-4
1.11.0-5
1.11.0-6
1.11.0-7
1.11.0+git20250114-1
1.11.1-1
1.11.2-1
1.11.2-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libgcrypt20

Package

Name
libgcrypt20
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgcrypt20?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.4-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libgcrypt20

Package

Name
libgcrypt20
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgcrypt20?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.4-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / libgcrypt20

Package

Name
libgcrypt20
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgcrypt20?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.4-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}