FreeBSD : gnupg -- memory corruption vulnerability (30394651-13e1-11dd-bab7-0016179b2dd5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 32061

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Secunia reports :

A vulnerability has been reported in GnuPG, which can potentially be exploited to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when importing keys with duplicated IDs. This can be exploited to cause a memory corruption when importing keys via --refresh-keys or --import.

Successful exploitation potentially allows execution of arbitrary code, but has not been proven yet.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-1.html

https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue894

http://www.nessus.org/u?33c6af0a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 32061

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3039465113e111ddbab70016179b2dd5.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 4/28/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:gnupg, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1530

BID: 28487

CWE: 399

Secunia: 29568