Debian DSA-3005-1 : gpgme1.0 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77202

Synopsis

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

Description

Tomas Trnka discovered a heap-based buffer overflow within the gpgsm status handler of GPGME, a library designed to make access to GnuPG easier for applications. An attacker could use this issue to cause an application using GPGME to crash (denial of service) or possibly to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the gpgme1.0 packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.0-1.4+deb7u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756651

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/gpgme1.0

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3005

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77202

File Name: debian_DSA-3005.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/15/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gpgme1.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3564

BID: 68990

DSA: 3005