FreeBSD : gnupg -- attacker who obtains 4640 bits from the RNG can trivially predict the next 160 bits of output (e1c71d8d-64d9-11e6-b38a-25a46b33f2ed)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93023

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Werner Koch reports :

There was a bug in the mixing functions of Libgcrypt's random number generator: An attacker who obtains 4640 bits from the RNG can trivially predict the next 160 bits of output. This bug exists since 1998 in all GnuPG and Libgcrypt versions.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2016q3/000395.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?e31d624c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93023

File Name: freebsd_pkg_e1c71d8d64d911e6b38a25a46b33f2ed.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Published: 8/18/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:gnupg1, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libgcrypt, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-c6-libgcrypt, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-c7-libgcrypt, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6313