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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.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)