Debian DSA-1231-1 : gnupg - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 23792

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the GNU privacy guard, a free PGP replacement, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2006-6169 Werner Koch discovered that a buffer overflow in a sanitising function may lead to execution of arbitrary code when running gnupg interactively.

- CVE-2006-6235 Tavis Ormandy discovered that parsing a carefully crafted OpenPGP packet may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, as a function pointer of an internal structure may be controlled through the decryption routines.

Solution

Upgrade the gnupg packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.1-1.sarge6.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.6-1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 23792

File Name: debian_DSA-1231.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/11/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnupg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6169, CVE-2006-6235

DSA: 1231

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