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Debian: DSA-2832-1 Urgent: GnuPG Memory Leak Issue Addressed

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security advisory gnupg critical debian side channel attack

Summary

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.10-4+squeeze4.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.12-7+deb7u3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.15-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your gnupg packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: gnupg
CVE ID: CVE-2013-4576

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security advisory gnupg critical debian side channel attack

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