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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2016.0292
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0292)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'gnupg, libgcrypt' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0292 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'gnupg, libgcrypt' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0292 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Felix Doerre and Vladimir Klebanov from the Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology discovered a flaw in the mixing functions of GnuPG's random
number generator. An attacker who obtains 4640 bits from the RNG can
trivially predict the next 160 bits of output (CVE-2016-6313).

The gnupg package has been patched to correct these issues.

GnuPG2 is vulnerable to these issues through the libgcrypt library. The
libgcrypt package has also been patched to correct this issue.

Affected Software/OS:
'gnupg, libgcrypt' package(s) on Mageia 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

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
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