Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnupg (MDVSA-2013:205)

low Nessus Plugin ID 69190

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in gnupg and in libgcrypt :

Yarom and Falkner discovered that RSA secret keys in applications using GnuPG 1.x, and using the libgcrypt library, could be leaked via a side channel attack, where a malicious local user could obtain private key information from another user on the system (CVE-2013-4242).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected gnupg, lib64gcrypt-devel and / or lib64gcrypt11 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 69190

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-205.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 8/2/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gcrypt11, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gnupg, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gcrypt-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4242

BID: 61464

MDVSA: 2013:205

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