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Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : gnupg DoS (SSA:2006-178-02)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21766

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New GnuPG packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix security issues which could allow an attacker to crash gnupg and possibly overwrite memory which could lead to an integer overflow.

Solution

Update the affected gnupg package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?81a17205

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21766

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2006-178-02.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 6/28/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:gnupg, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.2, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3082

BID: 18554

SSA: 2006-178-02