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Debian DSA-1107-1 : gnupg - integer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22649

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Evgeny Legerov discovered that gnupg, the GNU privacy guard, a free PGP replacement contains an integer overflow that can cause a segmentation fault and possibly overwrite memory via a large user ID string.

Solution

Upgrade the gnupg package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.6-4woody6.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.1-1.sarge4.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1107

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22649

File Name: debian_DSA-1107.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnupg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3082

DSA: 1107