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CentOS 5 : gnupg2 (CESA-2010:0603)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 48268

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated gnupg2 package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) is a tool for encrypting data and creating digital signatures, compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard and the S/MIME standard.

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way gpgsm, a Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) encryption and signing tool, handled X.509 certificates with a large number of Subject Alternate Names. A specially crafted X.509 certificate could, when imported, cause gpgsm to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-2547)

All gnupg2 users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected gnupg2 package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?05e9f492

http://www.nessus.org/u?88af8f1c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 48268

File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-0603.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/9/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnupg2, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2547

BID: 41945

RHSA: 2010:0603