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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2018-2180-01 Important gnupg2 Issue

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Calendar Grey July 11, 2018
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A crucial notification regarding gnupg2 has been released, highlighting significant security vulnerabilities affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Users are urged to take prompt action.
An update for gnupg2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) is a tool for encrypting data and creating digital signatures, compliant with OpenPGP and S/MIME standards.
Security Fix(es):
* gnupg2: Improper sanitization of filenames allows for the display of fake status messages and the bypass of signature verification (CVE-2018-12020)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12020 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: gnupg2-2.0.14-9.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: gnupg2-2.0.14-9.el6_10.i686.rpm gnupg2-debuginfo-2.0.14-9.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: gnupg2-2.0.14-9.el6_10.x86_64.rpm gnupg2-debuginfo-2.0.14-9.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: gnupg2-debuginfo-2.0.14-9.el6_10.i686.rpm gnupg2-smime-2.0.14-9.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: gnupg2-debuginfo-2.0.14-9.el6_10.x86_64.rpm gnupg2-smime-2.0.14-9.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source: gnupg2-2.0.14-9.el6_10.src.rpm
x86_64: gnupg2-2.0.14-9.el6_10.x86_64.rpm gnupg2-debuginfo-2.0.14-9.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
x86_64: gnupg2-debuginfo-2.0.14-9.el6_10.x86_64.rpm gnupg2-smime-2.0.14-9.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: gnupg2-2.0.14-9.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: gnupg2-2.0.14-9.el6_10.i686.rpm gnupg2-debuginfo-2.0.14-9.el6_10.i686.rpm
ppc64: gnupg2-2.0.14-9.el6_10.ppc64.rpm gnupg2-debuginfo-2.0.14-9.el6_10.ppc64.rpm
s390x: gnupg2-2.0.14-9.el6_10.s390x.rpm gnupg2-debuginfo-2.0.14-9.el6_10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: gnupg2-2.0.14-9.el6_10.x86_64.rpm gnupg2-debuginfo-2.0.14-9.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
i386: gnupg2-debuginfo-2.0.14-9.el6_10.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2180-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2180
Issue date: 2018-07-11

Topic

An update for gnupg2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat important security impact gnupg2

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1589620 - CVE-2018-12020 gnupg2: Improper sanitization of filenames allows for the display of fake status messages and the bypass of signature verification

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