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Gentoo: GLSA-200612-03 Normal: GnuPG Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey December 10, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
GnuPG has serious flaws, including buffer overflow and function pointer issues. Review this advisory for crucial fixes.
GnuPG is vulnerable to a buffer overflow and an erroneous function pointer dereference that can result in the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200612-03 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: GnuPG: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: December 10, 2006 Bugs: #156476, #156947 ID: 200612-03

Synopsis ======= GnuPG is vulnerable to a buffer overflow and an erroneous function pointer dereference that can result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= The GNU Privacy Guard, GnuPG, is a free replacement for the PGP suite of cryptographic software.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-crypt/gnupg < 1.4.6 >= 1.4.6
========== Hugh Warrington has reported a boundary error in GnuPG, in the "ask_outfile_name()" function from open...

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