Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS : gnupg vulnerability (USN-2339-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 77526

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Daniel Genkin, Adi Shamir, and Eran Tromer discovered that GnuPG was susceptible to an adaptive chosen ciphertext attack via physical side channels. A local attacker could use this attack to possibly recover private keys.

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Solution

Update the affected gnupg package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2339-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 77526

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2339-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnupg, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5270

BID: 69164

USN: 2339-1