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Echo: gnupg2: security update to 2.4.7-21+e4

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 460716

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In GnuPG before 2.4.9, armor_filter in g10/armor.c has two increments of an index variable where one is
 intended, leading to an out-of-bounds write for crafted input. (For ExtendedLTS, 2.2.51 and later are
 fixed versions.) (CVE-2025-68973)

Solution

Update the gnupg2 library and its related packages to version 2.4.7-21+e4 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-68973

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 460716

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68973

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68973

IAVA: 2026-A-0085