openSUSE 10 Security Update : gpg (gpg-1664)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27244

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

It is possible to crash (denial of service) the GNU Privacy Guard (gpg) by supplying a specifically crafted message specifying a very large UID, which leads to an out of memory situation or an integer overflow. It is unclear if this problem can be exploited to execute code. This issue is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2006-3082.

Solution

Update the affected gpg package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27244

File Name: suse_gpg-1664.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gpg

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3082

Detections

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