CVE-2016-6313
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.3 · Information disclosure
5.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The mixing functions in the random number generator in Libgcrypt before 1.5.6, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 and GnuPG before 1.4.21 make it easier for attackers to obtain the values of 160 bits by leveraging knowledge of the previous 4640 bits.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2674.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3649Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3650Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92527Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036635
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3064-1Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3065-1Advisory
- https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=NEWS