Debian: DSA-4222-1 moderate: gnupg2 insufficient sanitization
debian
June 8, 2018
Marcus Brinkmann discovered that GnuGPG performed insufficient sanitisation of file names displayed in status messages, which could be abused to fake the verification status of a s...
Summary
Details can be found in the upstream advisory at
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2018q2/000425.html
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.0.26-6+deb8u2.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.18-8~deb9u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your gnupg2 packages.
For the detailed security status of gnupg2 please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/gnupg2
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/
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Package: gnupg2
CVE ID: CVE-2018-12020
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