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GLSA-200608-08 : GnuPG: Integer overflow vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22166

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-200608-08 (GnuPG: Integer overflow vulnerability)

 Evgeny Legerov discovered a vulnerability in GnuPG that when certain packets are handled an integer overflow may occur.
 Impact :

 By sending a specially crafted email to a user running an affected version of GnuPG, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running GnuPG.
 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*'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200608-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22166

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200608-08.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 8/7/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:gentoo:linux:gnupg, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3746

BID: 19110

GLSA: 200608-08