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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1115-1 (gnupg2)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gnupg2 announced via advisory DSA 1115-1. Evgeny Legerov discovered that gnupg, the GNU privacy guard, a free PGP replacement contains an integer overflow that can cause a segmentation fault and possibly overwrite memory via a large user ID strings.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.1-1.sarge4 of GnuPG and in version 1.9.15-6sarge1 of GnuPG2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.3-2 of GnuPG, a fix for GnuPG2 is pending. We recommend that you upgrade your gnupg package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201115-1