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GLSA-201606-04 : GnuPG: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91481

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201606-04 (GnuPG: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GnuPG and libgcrypt, please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Side-channel attacks could be leveraged to obtain key material.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GnuPG 2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.26-r3' All GnuPG 1 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-crypt/gnupg-1.4.19' All libgcrypt users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.6.3-r4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91481

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201606-04.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 6/6/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gnupg, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libgcrypt, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2019

Reference Information

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

GLSA: 201606-04