CVE-2021-40528

The ElGamal implementation in Libgcrypt before 1.9.4 allows plaintext recovery because, during interaction between two cryptographic libraries, a certain dangerous combination of the prime defined by the receiver's public key, the generator defined by the receiver's public key, and the sender's ephemeral exponents can lead to a cross-configuration attack against OpenPGP.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:libgcrypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:24

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References () https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/923 - Technical Description, Third Party Advisory () https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/923 - Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
References () https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3462280f2e23e16adf3ed5176e0f2413d8861320 - () https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3462280f2e23e16adf3ed5176e0f2413d8861320 -
References () https://ibm.github.io/system-security-research-updates/2021/07/20/insecurity-elgamal-pt1 - Third Party Advisory () https://ibm.github.io/system-security-research-updates/2021/07/20/insecurity-elgamal-pt1 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://ibm.github.io/system-security-research-updates/2021/09/06/insecurity-elgamal-pt2 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://ibm.github.io/system-security-research-updates/2021/09/06/insecurity-elgamal-pt2 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-13 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-13 - Third Party Advisory

07 Nov 2023, 03:38

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=commit;h=3462280f2e23e16adf3ed5176e0f2413d8861320', 'name': 'https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=commit;h=3462280f2e23e16adf3ed5176e0f2413d8861320', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Patch', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • () https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3462280f2e23e16adf3ed5176e0f2413d8861320 -

Information

Published : 2021-09-06 19:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:24


NVD link : CVE-2021-40528

Mitre link : CVE-2021-40528

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-40528


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Products Affected

gnupg

  • libgcrypt
CWE
CWE-327

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm