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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-02-07T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:17:15.803Z

Reserved: 2018-02-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-6829

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-07T23:29:01.703

Modified: 2020-01-15T20:15:18.557

Link: CVE-2018-6829

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-6829 - Bugzilla