Description:
The libgcrypt library provides general-purpose implementations of various cryptographic algorithms.
Security Fix(es):
* libgcrypt: mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent blinding to address a side-channel attack against mpi_powm (CVE-2021-33560)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Updated packages:
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libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
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libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
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libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
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libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
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libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
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libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
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libgcrypt-devel-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
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libgcrypt-1.8.5-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm