“Serious” vulnerability found in Libgcrypt, GnuPG’s cryptographic library

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Libgcrypt 1.9.0, the newest version of a cryptographic library integrated in the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) free encryption software, has a “severe” security vulnerability and should not be used, warned Werner Koch. Libgcrypt vulnerability warning Libgcrypt is a general purpose cryptographic library used by GnuPG, but some other encryption software also employ it. Koch, who is the principal developer behind GnuPG and the author of Libgcrypt, sent the urgent warning via the project’s mailing list. … More

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