Fedora Core 6 : gnupg-1.4.6-2 (2006-1406)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24067

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

This update upgrades GnuPG to version 1.4.6, incorporating fixes for a potential buffer overflow (CVE-2006-6169) and referencing of a stack variable after it passes out of scope (CVE-2006-6235).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected gnupg and / or gnupg-debuginfo packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24067

File Name: fedora_2006-1406.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 1/17/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnupg, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnupg-debuginfo, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2006

Reference Information

BID: 21306, 21462

FEDORA: 2006-1406

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