GnuPG before 1.4.14, and Libgcrypt before 1.5.3 as used in GnuPG 2.0.x and possibly other products, allows local users to obtain private RSA keys via a cache side-channel attack involving the L3 cache, aka Flush+Reload.
CVE-2013-4242
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 41.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 19, 2013
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (32)
- secalert@redhathttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=717880
- secalert@redhathttp://eprint.iacr.org/2013/448
- secalert@redhathttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2013q3/000330.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00003.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1457.html
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/54318
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/54321
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/54332
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/54375
- secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2730
- secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2731
- secalert@redhathttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/976534
- secalert@redhathttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61464
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | gnupg (1.4.12-7ubuntu1.1) @ raring | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| redhat | libgcrypt-0:1.4.5-11.el6_4 | 2013-10-24 | redhat |
| redhat | gnupg-0:1.4.5-18.el5_10 | 2013-10-24 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
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