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Gentoo: GLSA-201407-04 Normal: GnuPG Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey July 16, 2014
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GnuPG on Gentoo identified with potential Denial of Service vulnerability. Urgent updates recommended for impacted users. Discover more details!
A vulnerability in GnuPG can lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

GnuPG does not properly handle a specially crated compressed packet resulting in an infinite loop.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo gnupg normal severity

Resolution

All GnuPG 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.24"
All GnuPG 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/gnupg-1.4.17"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-4617 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4617

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201407-04
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: GnuPG: Denial of Service
Date: July 16, 2014
Bugs: #514718
ID: 201407-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo gnupg normal severity

Synopsis

A vulnerability in GnuPG can lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

The GNU Privacy Guard, GnuPG, is a free replacement for the PGP suite of cryptographic software.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-crypt/gnupg < 2.0.24 *>= 1.4.21 *>= 1.4.17 *>= 1.4.18 *>= 1.4.20 *>= 1.4.19 >= 2.0.24

Impact

===== A context-dependent attacker can cause a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.