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

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.

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