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openSUSE Security Update : libgcrypt (openSUSE-2016-1042)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93250

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libgcrypt fixes the following issues :

 - RNG prediction vulnerability (boo#994157, CVE-2016-6313)

Solution

Update the affected libgcrypt packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=994157

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93250

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1042.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/1/2016

Updated: 1/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-cavs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-cavs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-hmac-32bit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6313