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SUSE: 2018:1814-1 Important: gpg2 Spoofing Attack Mitigation

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Calendar Grey June 26, 2018
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SUSE Security Update for openssl has been issued, ID: SUSE-SU-2019:2020-1 carrying a critical classification.
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 Module for Basesystem 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1223=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): gpg2-2.2.5-4.3.1 gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.5-4.3.1 gpg2-debugsource-2.2.5-4.3.1

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Topics Covered

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References

#1096745

Cross- CVE-2018-12020

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12020.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096745

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1814-1
Rating: important

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