Fedora 21 : gnupg-1.4.19-1.fc21 (2015-2893)

low Nessus Plugin ID 81681

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

New upstream v1.4.19

- Use ciphertext blinding for Elgamal decryption [CVE-2014-3591]

- Fixed data-dependent timing variations in modular exponentiation [related to CVE-2015-0837]

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected gnupg package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 81681

File Name: fedora_2015-2893.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/9/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnupg

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/1/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3591, CVE-2015-0837

FEDORA: 2015-2893

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