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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201407-04">
  <title>GnuPG: Denial of Service</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in GnuPG can lead to a Denial of Service condition.</synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">GnuPG. </product>
  <announced>2014-07-16</announced>
  <revised>2014-07-16: 1</revised>
  <bug>514718</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-crypt/gnupg" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.0.24</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">1.4.17</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">1.4.18</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">1.4.19</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">1.4.20</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">1.4.21</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.24</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>The GNU Privacy Guard, GnuPG, is a free replacement for the PGP suite of
      cryptographic software.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>GnuPG does not properly handle a specially crated compressed packet
      resulting in an infinite loop.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A context-dependent attacker can cause a Denial of Service.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All GnuPG 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.24"
    </code>
    
    <p>All GnuPG 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-crypt/gnupg-1.4.17"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4617">CVE-2014-4617</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-07-05T11:31:33Z">K_F</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-07-16T16:57:44Z">K_F</metadata>
</glsa>