RHEL 2.1 : gnupg (RHSA-2003:176)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 12396

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated gnupg packages are now available which correct a bug in the GnuPG key validation functions.

The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is a utility for encrypting data and creating digital signatures.

When evaluating trust values for the UIDs assigned to a given key, GnuPG versions earlier than 1.2.2 would incorrectly associate the trust value of the UID having the highest trust value with every UID assigned to this key. This would prevent an expected warning message from being generated.

All users are advised to upgrade to these errata packages which include an update to GnuPG 1.0.7 containing patches from the GnuPG development team to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected gnupg package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 12396

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-176.nasl

Version: 1.29

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnupg, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0255

RHSA: 2003:176

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