medium5.3
CVE-2016-6313
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 easie…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnupg | Libgcrypt | through 1.5.3 Versions 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04 |
| Gnupg | Gnupg | through 1.4.14 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2674.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3649
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3650
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92527
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036635
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3064-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3065-1
- https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=NEWS
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2016q3/000395.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-04
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-01
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2674.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3649
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3650
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92527
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036635
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3064-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3065-1
- https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=NEWS
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2016q3/000395.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-04
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-01