CVE-2019-12904
Description
In Libgcrypt 1.8.4, the C implementation of AES is vulnerable to a flush-and-reload side-channel attack because physical addresses are available to other processes. (The C implementation is used on platforms where an assembly-language implementation is unavailable.) NOTE: the vendor's position is that the issue report cannot be validated because there is no description of an attack
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:HAttack ComplexityHigh
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:NIntegrityNone
A:NAvailabilityNone
Weaknesses
Affected Products
gnupg
oss-projectaka libksba, libgcrypt
opensuse
oss-project·DE
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00049.html
lists.opensuse.org
https://dev.gnupg.org/T4541
dev.gnupg.org
https://github.com/gpg/libgcrypt/commit/a4c561aab1014c3630bc88faf6f5246fee16b020
github.com
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