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NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : gnupg2 Vulnerability (NS-SA-2026-0098)

high Nessus Plugin ID 343588

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has gnupg2 packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL gnupg2 packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2025-68973

https://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2026-0098

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 343588

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2026-0098_gnupg2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/8/2026

Updated: 9/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

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

CPE: cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:7, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:gnupg2-core, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:gnupg2-smime, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:gnupg2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68973

IAVA: 2026-A-0085