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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1141-1 (gnupg2)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
16 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gnupg2 announced via advisory DSA 1141-1. Evgeny Legerov discovered that overly large comments can crash gnupg, the GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement, which is also present in the development branch.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.15-6sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your gnupg2 package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201141-1