vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-e1c71d8d-64d9-11e6-b38a-25a46b33f2ed (CVE-2016-6313): gnupg -- attacker who obtains 4640 bits from the RNG can trivially predict the next 160 bits of output
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Aug 18, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Aug 18, 2016
Added
Dec 10, 2025
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
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.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-package-gnupg1freebsd-upgrade-package-libgcryptfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-c6-libgcryptfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-c7-libgcrypt
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