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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-6313: libgcrypt PRNG output is predictable

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-6313: libgcrypt PRNG output is predictable

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

The mixing functions in the random number generator in Libgcrypt before 1.5.6, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 and GnuPG before 1.4.21 make it easier for attackers to obtain the values of 160 bits by leveraging knowledge of the previous 4640 bits.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-libgcrypt

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