Information Disclosure in Libgcrypt (CVE-2017-0379)
Summary
Vulnerability in Libgcrypt (CVE-2017-0379). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Libgcrypt before 1.8.1 does not properly consider Curve25519 side-channel attacks, which makes it easier for attackers to discover a secret key, related to cipher/ecc.c and mpi/ec.c.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-0379 has been found in Libgcrypt.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Libgcrypt CVE-2017-0379" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-0379 (Libgcrypt) — CWE-200 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Information disclosure (CWE-200) exists in Libgcrypt.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Libgcrypt.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Libgcrypt' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Libgcrypt' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Libgcryptを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2017-0379 libgcrypt Fixed in: 1.7.9-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2017-0379 libgcrypt20 Fixed in: 1.7.9-1
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory bugs.debian.org
- advisory eprint.iacr.org
- patch lists.debian.org
- patch security-tracker.debian.org
- patch debian.org
- web oracle.com
- web securitytracker.com
- web git.gnupg.org
- web security.netapp.com
- web oracle.com