Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2021.0468
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2021-0468)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libcryptopp' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0468 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libcryptopp' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0468 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The ElGamal implementation in Crypto++ through 8.5 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. (CVE-2021-40530) Affected Software/OS: 'libcryptopp' package(s) on Mageia 8. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 2.6 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-40530 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJYOZGWI7TD27SEXILSM6VUTPPEICDL7/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HGVBZ2TTRKCTYAZTRHTF6OBD4W37F5MT/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/57OJA2K5AHX5HAU2QBDRWLGIIUX7GASC/ https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/923 https://ibm.github.io/system-security-research-updates/2021/07/20/insecurity-elgamal-pt1 https://ibm.github.io/system-security-research-updates/2021/09/06/insecurity-elgamal-pt2
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