libgcrypt-1.8.5-4.el8

The libgcrypt library provides general-purpose implementations of various cryptographic algorithms.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: libgcrypt (1.8.5).

Security Fix(es):

* libgcrypt: ECDSA timing attack allowing private key leak (CVE-2019-13627)

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 Asianux Server 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

CVE-2019-13627
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.