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Fedora 23: 2016-09-13 Critical GnuPG Update for RNG Bug Fix

- New upstream v1.4.21 - Fix critical security bug in the RNG [CVE-2016-6313] (#1366105) - Tweak default options for gpgv - By default do not anymore emit the GnuPG version with --armor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-3a0195918f 2016-09-13 17:53:52.598553 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : gnupg Product : Fedora 23 Version : 1.4.21 Release : 1.fc23 URL : http://www.gnupg.org/ Summary : A GNU utility for secure communication and data storage Description : GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard) is a GNU utility for encrypting data and creating digital signatures. GnuPG has advanced key management capabilities and is compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard described in RFC2440. Since GnuPG doesn't use any patented algorithm, it is not compatible with any version of PGP2 (PGP2.x uses only IDEA for symmetric-key encryption, which is patented worldwide). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: - New upstream v1.4.21 - Fix critical security bug in the RNG [CVE-2016-6313] (#1366105) - Tweak default options for gpgv - By default do not anymore emit the GnuPG version with --armor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1366105 - CVE-2016-6313 libgcrypt: PRNG output is predictable https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1366105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update gnupg' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be foundat https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . Important patch release for GnuPG in Fedora 23, addressing RNG vulnerability and modifying default settings for improved security measures.. GnuPG Update, Fedora Fix, RNG Patch. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 14, 2016 Fedora