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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200312-05 (GnuPG)
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 updates announced in advisory GLSA 200312-05.
Insight
Insight
A bug in GnuPG allows ElGamal signing keys to be compromised, and a format string bug in the gpgkeys_hkp utility may allow arbitrary code execution.
Solution
Solution
All users who have created ElGamal signing keys should immediately revoke them. In addition, all Gentoo Linux machines with gnupg installed should be updated to use gnupg-1.2.3-r5 or higher: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-crypt/gnupg-1.2.3-r5' # emerge '>=app-crypt/gnupg-1.2.3-r5' # emerge clean http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200312-05 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34504 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gnupg-announce&m=106992378510843&q=raw http://www.s-quadra.com/advisories/Adv-20031203.txt