- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2967-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso June 25, 2014 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : gnupg CVE ID : CVE-2014-4617 Debian Bug : 752497 Jean-René Reinhard, Olivier Levillain and Florian Maury reported that GnuPG, the GNU Privacy Guard, did not properly parse certain garbled compressed data packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to mount a denial of service against GnuPG by triggering an infinite loop. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.12-7+deb7u4. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.16-1.2. 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: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Debian: DSA-2967-1: gnupg security update
Jean-René Reinhard, Olivier Levillain and Florian Maury reported that GnuPG, the GNU Privacy Guard, did not properly parse certain garbled compressed data packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to mount a denial of service against GnuPG by triggering an infinite loop.
