CVE-2014-3591
Libgcrypt before 1.6.3 and GnuPG before 1.4.19 does not implement ciphertext blinding for Elgamal decryption, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain the server's private key by
02 Description
Libgcrypt before 1.6.3 and GnuPG before 1.4.19 does not implement ciphertext blinding for Elgamal decryption, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain the server's private key by
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-11-29 21:02Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-05-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a7bb2bc487c302e062893c9a5306b4c83bf40576463e156b2fa83d29ce6baddf
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.cs.tau.ac.ilhttp://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~tromer/radioexp/
- lists.gnupg.orghttps://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000363.html
- lists.gnupg.orghttps://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000364.html
- www.debian.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3184
- www.debian.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3185
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libgcrypt20 Fixed in 1.6.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libgcrypt20 Fixed in 1.6.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libgcrypt20 Fixed in 1.6.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- gnupg Fixed in 1.4.16-1ubuntu2.3
- libgcrypt11 Fixed in 1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2
- libgcrypt20 Fixed in 1.6.1-2ubuntu1.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.