A design flaw was found in the libgcrypt PRNG (Pseudo-Random Number Generator). An attacker able to obtain the first 580 bytes of the PRNG output could predict the following 20 bytes.
Find out more about CVE-2016-6313 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Base Score | 4 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | High |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
Integrity Impact | Partial |
Availability Impact | None |
CVSS3 Base Score | 4.8 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | High |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity Impact | Low |
Availability Impact | None |
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Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libgcrypt) | RHSA-2016:2674 | 2016-11-08 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libgcrypt) | RHSA-2016:2674 | 2016-11-08 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libgcrypt | Will not fix |