CVE-2019-13627
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 7, 2025
Description
It was discovered that there was a ECDSA timing attack in the libgcrypt20 cryptographic library. Version affected: 1.8.4-5, 1.7.6-2+deb9u3, and 1.6.3-2+deb8u4. Versions fixed: 1.8.5-2 and 1.6.3-2+deb8u7.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 6.3 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | HIGH |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | NONE |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | libgcrypt | Not affected (1.10.1-r0) |
| Stream | libgcrypt | Not affected (1.10.2-r2) |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00018.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/02/2
- https://github.com/gpg/libgcrypt/releases/tag/libgcrypt-1.8.5
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00024.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00001.html
- https://minerva.crocs.fi.muni.cz/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13627
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-32
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4236-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4236-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4236-3/