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Secunia Advisory SA10418

Gentoo update for gnupg

Secunia Advisory

SA10418

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Release Date

2003-12-12

Popularity

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Criticality level

Moderately critical

Impact

Spoofing
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access

Where

From remote

Authentication level

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Report reliability

Available in Customer Area

Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Systems affected

Available in Customer Area

Approve distribution

Available in Customer Area

Operating System

Gentoo Linux

Secunia CVSS Score

Available in Customer Area

CVE Reference(s)

CVE-2003-0971 CVSS available in Customer Area
CVE-2003-0978 CVSS available in Customer Area

Description

Gentoo has issued updated packages for gnupg. These fix two vulnerabilities, which may expose the private key when using El-Gamal type 20 keys and allow malicious people to compromise systems using the experimental HKP interface.

For more information:
SA10348
SA10304

Solution
Install updated packages.
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Gentoo update for gnupg

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