Libgcrypt before 1.8.8 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent blinding to address a side-channel attack against mpi_powm, and the window size is not chosen appropriately. This, for example, affects use of ElGamal in OpenPGP.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2021-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2025-12-03T14:39:10.763Z
Reserved: 2021-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2021-33560
Updated: 2024-08-03T23:50:43.035Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2021-06-08T11:15:07.767
Modified: 2025-12-03T15:15:49.833
Link: CVE-2021-33560