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Fedora 23: Essential Libgcrypt PRNG Update - Security Issue CVE-2016-6313

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Calendar Grey September 7, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 23 announces a vital libgcrypt upgrade to fix predictability issues within the RNG, enhancing overall system dependability.
Important update from upstream which fixes predictability problem in the RNG (CVE-2016-6313).

Summary

Libgcrypt is a general purpose crypto library based on the code used

in GNU Privacy Guard. This is a development version.

Update Information:

Important update from upstream which fixes predictability problem in the RNG (CVE-2016-6313).

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora libgcrypt PRNG

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1366105 - CVE-2016-6313 libgcrypt: PRNG output is predictable https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1366105

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libgcrypt' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: libgcrypt
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 1.6.6
Release: 1.fc23
URL: http://www.gnupg.org/
Summary: A general-purpose cryptography library

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora libgcrypt PRNG

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