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authorAlex Legler <alex@a3li.li>2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+
+<glsa id="200312-05">
+ <title>GnuPG: ElGamal signing keys compromised and format string vulnerability</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A bug in GnuPG allows ElGamal signing keys to be compromised, and a format
+ string bug in the gpgkeys_hkp utility may allow arbitrary code execution.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">GnuPG</product>
+ <announced>2003-12-12</announced>
+ <revised>2003-12-12: 01</revised>
+ <bug>34504</bug>
+ <access>unknown</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-crypt/gnupg" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.2.3-r5</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="le">1.2.3-r4</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ GnuPG is a popular open source signing and encryption tool.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Two flaws have been found in GnuPG 1.2.3.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ First, ElGamal signing keys can be compromised. These keys are not commonly
+ used, but this is "a significant security failure which can lead to a
+ compromise of almost all ElGamal keys used for signing. Note that this is a
+ real world vulnerability which will reveal your private key within a few
+ seconds".
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Second, there is a format string flaw in the 'gpgkeys_hkp' utility which
+ "would allow a malicious keyserver in the worst case to execute an arbitrary
+ code on the user's machine."
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="minimal">
+ <p>
+ If you have used ElGamal keys for signing your private key can be
+ compromised, and a malicious keyserver could remotely execute arbitrary code
+ with the permissions of the user running gpgkeys_hkp.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All users who have created ElGamal signing keys should immediately revoke
+ them. In addition, all Gentoo Linux machines with gnupg installed should be
+ updated to use gnupg-1.2.3-r5 or higher:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge sync
+ # emerge -pv '&gt;=app-crypt/gnupg-1.2.3-r5'
+ # emerge '&gt;=app-crypt/gnupg-1.2.3-r5'
+ # emerge clean</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0971">CAN-2003-0971</uri>
+ <uri link="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gnupg-announce&amp;m=106992378510843&amp;q=raw">GnuPG Announcement</uri>
+ <uri link="http://www.s-quadra.com/advisories/Adv-20031203.txt">S-Quadra Advisory</uri>
+ </references>
+</glsa>