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Fedora 24 : gnupg (2016-9864953aa3)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93142

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- New upstream v1.4.21

 - Fix critical security bug in the RNG [CVE-2016-6313] (#1366105)

 - Tweak default options for gpgv

 - By default do not anymore emit the GnuPG version with
 --armor

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Solution

Update the affected gnupg package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-9864953aa3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93142

File Name: fedora_2016-9864953aa3.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/29/2016

Updated: 1/28/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6313

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnupg

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6313