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GLSA-201610-04 : libgcrypt: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93946

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201610-04 (libgcrypt: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libgcrypt. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 Side-channel attacks can leak private key information. A separate critical bug allows an attacker who obtains 4640 bits from the RNG to trivially predict the next 160 bits of output.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All libgcrypt users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.7.3'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1795184d

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93946

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201610-04.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Published: 10/11/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libgcrypt, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3591, CVE-2015-0837, CVE-2015-7511, CVE-2016-6313

GLSA: 201610-04