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GLSA-200503-29 : GnuPG: OpenPGP protocol attack

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17616

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-29 (GnuPG: OpenPGP protocol attack)

 A flaw has been identified in an integrity checking mechanism of the OpenPGP protocol.
 Impact :

 An automated system using GnuPG that allows an attacker to repeatedly discover the outcome of an integrity check (perhaps by observing the time required to return a response, or via overly verbose error messages) could theoretically reveal a small portion of plaintext.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GnuPG users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-crypt/gnupg-1.4.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200503-29

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17616

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200503-29.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 3/25/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gnupg, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0366

CERT: 303094

GLSA: 200503-29