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Fedora 23 : libgcrypt (2016-2b4ecfa79f)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93355

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Important update from upstream which fixes predictability problem in the RNG (CVE-2016-6313).

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Solution

Update the affected libgcrypt package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-2b4ecfa79f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93355

File Name: fedora_2016-2b4ecfa79f.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

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: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libgcrypt

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6313