Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:18:16 +0200
From: Trustix Secure Linux Advisor <tsl@trustix.com>
To: tsl-announce@trustix.org
Subject: TSLSA-2001-0009 - GnuPG
Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, linux-security@lists.securityportal.com
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Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2001-0009
Package name: GnuPG
Severity: Remote arbitrary code execution vulnerability
Date: 2001-06-01
Affected versions: TSL 1.01, 1.1, 1.2
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Problem description:
From
<URI:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0281.html>;:
Hidden deep within its code is a format string vulnerability which can be
triggered simply by attempting to decrypt a file with a specially crafted
filename. This vulnerability can allow a malicious user to gain
unathorized access to the account which attempted the decryption.
Action:
We recommend that all systems with this package installed are upgraded.
Location:
All TSL updates are available from
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>;
<URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>;
Automatic updates:
Users of the SWUP tool, can enjoy having updates automatically
installed using 'swup --upgrade'.
Note that kernel packages are not normally fit to be upgraded this way
and therefore excluded in the default configuration.
Get SWUP from:
<URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/>;
Questions?
Check out our mailing lists:
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/support/>;
Verification:
This advisory along with all TSL packages are signed with the TSL sign key.
This key available from:
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/TSL-GPG-KEY>;
The advisory itself is available from the errata page at
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.2/>;
or directly at
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2001/TSL-2001-0009-gnupg.asc.txt>;
MD5sums of the packages:
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87f660776fcf0de42aa075342a8fb6d6 ./1.2/SRPMS/gnupg-1.0.6-1tr.src.rpm
00ac255898db5e97baba2fe4083cdb78 ./1.2/RPMS/gnupg-1.0.6-1tr.i586.rpm
87f660776fcf0de42aa075342a8fb6d6 ./1.1/SRPMS/gnupg-1.0.6-1tr.src.rpm
6dd900b24b7658608d19a6a1c8500b5d ./1.1/RPMS/gnupg-1.0.6-1tr.i586.rpm
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Trustix Security Team
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