SUSE: 2018:1698-2 Important: gpg2 Decryption Spoofing Threat
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October 18, 2018
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for gpg2 fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2018-12020: GnuPG mishandled the original filename during decryption and verification actions, which allowed remote attackers to spoof the output that GnuPG sends on file descriptor 2 to other programs that use the "--status-fd 2" option (bsc#1096745) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2018-1141=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL (x86_64): gpg2-2.0.24-9.3.1 gpg2-debuginfo-2.0.24-9.3.1 gpg2-debugsource-2.0.24-9.3.1
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References
#1096745
Cross- CVE-2018-12020
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12020.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096745
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1698-2
Rating: important
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