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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:

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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

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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

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