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CVE-2015-7511

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2016-02-16 libgcrypt -- side-channel attack on ECDH

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2015-7511
Phase Assigned(20150929)

Description

Libgcrypt before 1.6.5 does not properly perform elliptic-point curve multiplication during decryption, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to extract ECDH keys by measuring electromagnetic emanations.

References

Source Reference
MLIST [gnupg-announce] 20160209 [Announce] Libgcrypt 1.6.5 with security fix released
MISC http://www.cs.tau.ac.IL/~tromer/ecdh/
DEBIAN DSA-3474
DEBIAN DSA-3478
UBUNTU USN-2896-1