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HistoryNov 12, 2016 - 6:30 a.m.

libgcrypt security update

2016-11-1206:30:21
CentOS Project
lists.centos.org
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5.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.3%

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:2674

The libgcrypt library provides general-purpose implementations of various cryptographic algorithms.

Security Fix(es):

  • A design flaw was found in the libgcrypt PRNG (Pseudo-Random Number Generator). An attacker able to obtain the first 580 bytes of the PRNG output could predict the following 20 bytes. (CVE-2016-6313)

Red Hat would like to thank Felix DΓΆrre and Vladimir Klebanov for reporting this issue.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-November/084303.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2016-November/029950.html

Affected packages:
libgcrypt
libgcrypt-devel

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2674

5.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.3%