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Amazon Linux AMI : gnupg2 (ALAS-2013-237)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70899

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

GnuPG 1.4.x, 2.0.x, and 2.1.x treats a key flags subpacket with all bits cleared (no usage permitted) as if it has all bits set (all usage permitted), which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging the subkey.

The compressed packet parser in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.15 and 2.0.x before 2.0.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted OpenPGP message.

Solution

Run 'yum update gnupg2' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-237.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70899

File Name: ala_ALAS-2013-237.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnupg2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnupg2, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnupg2-smime

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4351, CVE-2013-4402

ALAS: 2013-237