An updated libgcrypt package that add an enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The libgcrypt package contains a library which provides general-purpose implementations of various cryptographic algorithms.
Enhancement
- BZ#727283
With this update, the libgcrypt library has been recompiled with read-only relocation support that improves the security vulnerability properties of applications that use the library.
All users of libgcrypt are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds this enhancement.
An updated libgcrypt package that adds an enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The libgcrypt library provides general-purpose implementations of various cryptographic algorithms.
Enhancement
- BZ#709059
With this update, the libgcrypt API for the DSA algorithm has been enhanced to allow for presetting the prime (P) and the subprime (Q) parameters when generating the base (G) parameter. This is necessary for the algorithm correctness validation according to the FIPS-186-3 standard.
All users of libgcrypt are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds this enhancement.
An updated libgcrypt package that introduces a feature enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The libgcrypt library provides general-purpose implementations of various cryptographic algorithms.
Enhancement
- BZ#703490
In FIPS mode, libgcrypt can now use a configurable source of RNG (Random Number Generator) seed. On systems with sufficient amount of entropy gathered from the kernel entropy sources or systems with hardware RNGs, the system administrator can add the "/etc/gcrypt/rngseed" symbolic link pointing to the "/dev/random" device node or a hardware RNG device. This symbolic link will be then opened and read by the libgcrypt library to initialize its RNG.
All users of libgcrypt are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds this enhancement.
