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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871714
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Update for libgcrypt RHSA-2016:2674-01
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libgcrypt'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libgcrypt'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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 Doerre and Vladimir Klebanov for reporting
this issue.

Affected Software/OS:
libgcrypt on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6313
BugTraq ID: 92527
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92527
Debian Security Information: DSA-3649 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3649
Debian Security Information: DSA-3650 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3650
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-04
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-01
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2016q3/000395.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2674
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2674.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036635
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3064-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3065-1
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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