USN-3689-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3689-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3689-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3689-1
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Published
2018-06-19T15:17:55.175921Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:53:00.273507Z
Summary
libgcrypt11, libgcrypt20 vulnerability
Details

Keegan Ryan discovered that Libgcrypt was susceptible to a side-channel attack. A local attacker could possibly use this attack to recover ECDSA private keys.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libgcrypt11

Package

Name
libgcrypt11
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgcrypt11@1.5.3-2ubuntu4.6?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.3-2ubuntu4.6

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.0-3ubuntu3
1.5.3-2ubuntu1
1.5.3-2ubuntu4
1.5.3-2ubuntu4.1
1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2
1.5.3-2ubuntu4.3
1.5.3-2ubuntu4.4
1.5.3-2ubuntu4.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt11",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-2ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt11-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-2ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt11-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-2ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt11-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-2ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt11-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-2ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt11-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-2ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt11-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-2ubuntu4.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt11-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-2ubuntu4.6"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libgcrypt20

Package

Name
libgcrypt20
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgcrypt20@1.6.5-2ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.5-2ubuntu0.5

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.3-2ubuntu1
1.6.4-3
1.6.4-4
1.6.4-5
1.6.5-2
1.6.5-2ubuntu0.2
1.6.5-2ubuntu0.3
1.6.5-2ubuntu0.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt11-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4-3+really1.6.5-2ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20",
            "binary_version": "1.6.5-2ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.6.5-2ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.6.5-2ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.6.5-2ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.6.5-2ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1.6.5-2ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.6.5-2ubuntu0.5"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libgcrypt20

Package

Name
libgcrypt20
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgcrypt20@1.8.1-4ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.1-4ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.7.8-2ubuntu1
1.7.9-1
1.8.1-4
1.8.1-4ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt11-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4-3+really1.8.1-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgcrypt20-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-4ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}