Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 14:55:33 +0100
From: Daniel Ahlberg <aliz@gentoo.org>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
Subject: GLSA: kgpg
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
- - --------------------------------------------------------------------
GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200211-002
- - --------------------------------------------------------------------
PACKAGE : kgpg
SUMMARY═: keys generated in wizard have an empty passphrase
DATE ══ : 2002-11-10 13:11 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
- - --------------------------------------------------------------------
- From http://devel-home.kde.org/~kgpg/bug.html
A bug in Kgpg's key generation affects all secret keys generated
through Kgpg's wizard. (Bug does not affect keys created in
console/expert mode). All keys created through the wizard have an
empty passphrase, which means that if someone has access to your
computer and can read your secret key, he/she can decrypt your files
whitout the need of a passphrase.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-crypt/kgpg-0.8.2 and earlier update their systems as follows:
emerge rsync
emerge kgpg
emerge clean
- - --------------------------------------------------------------------
aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz
hannes@gentoo.org
- - --------------------------------------------------------------------
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux)
iD8DBQE9zmVTfT7nyhUpoZMRAlGnAKCqIwAhxi/OtU55GVFWc+waeIY7LwCgtRgf
jglVyBs6JzNtzNEQZfz69nA=
=EybQ
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
