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GnuPG ElGamal Signing Weakness Expose Private Key
Secunia Advisory: SA10304
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Release Date: 2003-11-27
Last Update: 2003-12-29
Popularity: 12,342 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Spoofing
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:GnuPG / gpg 1.0.x
GnuPG / gpg 1.2.x
Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Advisory Content (Page 2 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Solution:
Future versions of GnuPG will not include support for ElGamal type 20 keys.

Patch for GnuPG 1.2.3, which will remove the support for ElGamal type 20 keys:
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2003-November/020771.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
Phong Nguyen

Changelog:
2003-12-04: Added CVE reference.
2003-12-29: Added link to CERT.

Original Advisory:
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2003-November/020772.html

Other References:
CERT VU#940388:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/940388

Change Page:
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