libgcrypt: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202210-13

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libgcrypt, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Affected packages

dev-libs/libgcrypt on all architectures
Affected versions < 1.9.4
Unaffected versions >= 1.9.4

Background

libgcrypt is a general purpose cryptographic library derived out of GnuPG.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libgcrypt. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libgcrypt users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.9.4"
 

References

Release date
October 31, 2022

Latest revision
October 31, 2022: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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