CVE-2016-6313
N/A
Published: December 13, 2016 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxGnuPG
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2674.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3649Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3650VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92527Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3064-1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3065-1x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=NEWSQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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