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CVE-2013-4242
GnuPG before 1.4.14, and Libgcrypt before 1.5.3 as used in...
Vulnerability Description
GnuPG before 1.4.14, and Libgcrypt before 1.5.3 as used in GnuPG 2.0.x and possibly other products, allows local users to obtain private RSA keys via a cache side-channel attack involving the L3 cache, aka Flush+Reload.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2731
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54332
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54321
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54375
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00003.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61464
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1923-1
- http://eprint.iacr.org/2013/448
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2013q3/000330.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/976534
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2730
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1457.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=717880
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54318
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
ubuntu linux, debian linux, gnupg, libgcrypt, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 6.0, 7.0, 0, 0.0.0, 0.2.15, 0.2.16, 0.2.17, 0.2.18, 0.2.19, 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4, 0.3.5, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.3, 0.4.4, 0.4.5, 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.7, 0.9.8, 0.9.9, 0.9.10, 0.9.11, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.6, 1.3.90, 1.3.91, 1.3.92, 1.3.93, 1.4.0, 1.4.10, 1.4.11, 1.4.12, 2.0.1, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.0.12, 2.0.13, 2.0.14, 2.0.15, 2.0.16, 2.0.17, 2.0.18, 2.0.19, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 12.2, 12.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 19th, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.