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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in GnuPG libgcrypt affects IBM Security Network Protection (CVE-2016-6313)

Created by Rick Wu on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/556951
556951

Security Bulletin


Summary

A security vulnerability has been discovered in GnuPG libgcrypt, which is used by IBM Security Network Protection.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-6313
DESCRIPTION: GnuPG could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an error in the mixing functions when obtaining 4640 bits from the random number generator. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to predict the next 160 bits of output.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116169 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.1
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.2
IBM Security Network Protection 5.3.3

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFRemediation/First Fix
IBM Security Network ProtectionFirmware version 5.3.1Download Firmware 5.3.1.12 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.
IBM Security Network ProtectionFirmware version 5.3.2Install Firmware 5.3.2.6 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.
IBM Security Network ProtectionFirmware version 5.3.3Install Firmware 5.3.3.2 from the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface, or by performing a One Time Scheduled Installation from SiteProtector.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

23 January 2017: Original Version Published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21994071

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