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Scientific Linux 5.x Moderate: GnuPG2 Use-After-Free Risk

Calendar Aug 05, 2010 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory moderate arbitrary code execution gnupg2 use-after-free Scientific Linux
Moderate: gnupg2 security update 
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:03:13 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: gnupg2 on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: gnupg2 security update
Issue date:	2010-08-04
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-2547

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way gpgsm, a Cryptographic
Message Syntax (CMS) encryption and signing tool, handled X.509
certificates with a large number of Subject Alternate Names. A
specially-crafted X.509 certificate could, when imported, cause gpgsm to
crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-2547)

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
gnupg2-2.0.10-3.el5_5.1.src.rpm
 i386:
gnupg2-2.0.10-3.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
gnupg2-2.0.10-3.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson