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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Ubuntu Local Security Checks >> USN252-1 : gnupg vulnerability Vulnerability Assessment Details
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USN252-1 : gnupg vulnerability |
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gnupg vulnerability Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote package "gnupg" is missing a security patch. Description : Tavis Ormandy discovered a potential weakness in the signature verification of gnupg. gpgv and gpg --verify returned a successful exit code even if the checked file did not have any signature at all. The recommended way of checking the result is to evaluate the status messages, but some third party applications might just check the exit code for determining whether or not a signature is valid. These applications could be tricked into erroneously reporting a valid signature. Please note that this does not affect the Ubuntu package signature checks. Solution : Upgrade to : - gnupg-1.4.1-1ubuntu1.1 (Ubuntu 5.10) Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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