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Medium RLSA-2021:4409 1 CVE

Moderate: libgcrypt security and bug fix update

Published Nov 9, 2021 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

Summary

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 Rocky Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 libgcrypt 0:1.8.5-6.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1970096
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1976137