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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3024-1 (gnupg - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Genkin, Pipman and Tromer discovered a side-channel attack on Elgamal encryption subkeys (CVE-2014-5270). In addition, this update hardens GnuPG's behaviour when treating keyserver responses. GnuPG now filters keyserver responses to only accepts those keyid's actually requested by the user.
Affected Software
Affected Software
gnupg on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.12-7+deb7u6. For the testing (jessie) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.18-4. We recommend that you upgrade your gnupg packages.