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Vulnerability Assessment Details

USN264-1 : gnupg vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
gnupg vulnerability

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote package "gnupg" is missing a security patch.

Description :

Tavis Ormandy discovered a flaw in gnupg's signature verification. In
some cases, certain invalid signature formats could cause gpg to
report a 'good signature' result for auxiliary unsigned data which was
prepended or appended to the checked message part.

Solution :

Upgrade to :
- gnupg-1.4.1-1ubuntu1.2 (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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