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CVE-2018-6829

Reference to the description:

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6829

Description:
cipher/elgamal.c in Libgcrypt through 1.8.2, when used to encrypt messages directly, improperly encodes plaintexts, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading ciphertext data (i.e., it does not have semantic security in face of a ciphertext-only attack). The Decisional Diffie-Hellman (DDH) assumption does not hold for Libgcrypt's ElGamal implementation.
Last updated date:
01/15/2020
Type:
exploit
Confidence:
HIGH
Date of publishing:
01/15/2020
Reference url to background

https://github.com/weikengchen/attack-on-libgcrypt-elgamal/wiki

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