Debian DSA-2821-1 : gnupg - side channel attack

low Nessus Plugin ID 71526

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Genkin, Shamir and Tromer discovered that RSA key material could be extracted by using the sound generated by the computer during the decryption of some chosen ciphertexts.

Solution

Upgrade the gnupg packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.10-4+squeeze4.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.12-7+deb7u3.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/gnupg

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/gnupg

https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2821

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 71526

File Name: debian_DSA-2821.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/19/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnupg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4576

DSA: 2821