{"id":"MGASA-2018-0306","summary":"Updated libcrypt packages fix a security vulnerability","details":"Updated libgcrypt packages fix security vulnerability:\n\nWhen libgcrypt uses the private key to create a signature, such as for a TLS or\nSSH connection, it inadvertently leaks information through memory caches. An\nunprivileged attacker running on the same machine can collect the information\nfrom a few thousand signatures and recover the value of the private ECDSA or\nDSA key (CVE-2018-0495).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:10.726392752Z","published":"2018-07-01T22:17:47Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-0495"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0306.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23210"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2018q2/000426.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/technical-advisory-return-of-the-hidden-number-problem/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libgcrypt","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/libgcrypt?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.4-5.5.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0306.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}