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CentOS Update for libgcrypt CESA-2016:2674 centos6
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
CentOS Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Check the version of libgcrypt
Insight
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 Dorre and Vladimir Klebanov for reporting this issue.
Affected Software
Affected Software
libgcrypt on CentOS 6
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.