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Debian DSA-978-1 : gnupg - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22844

Synopsis

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

Description

Tavis Ormandy noticed that gnupg, the GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement, verifies external signatures of files successfully even though they don't contain a signature at all.

Solution

Upgrade the gnupg package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.6-4woody4.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.1-1sarge1.

Please note that this security advisory has been superseded by DSA 993. Therefore, the updated packages are no longer available from this page.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-978

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22844

File Name: debian_DSA-978.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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: 2/17/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0455

DSA: 978