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Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7: RHSA-2000:089-04 Critical GnuPG Bug

A verification bug has been found in GnuPG versions up to and including 1.0.3.. ` --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated gnupg packages available Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:089-04 Issue date: 2000-10-18 Updated on: 2000-10-20 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: gnupg signature Cross references: N/A --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated gnupg packages are now available for Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 6.2 - i386, alpha, sparc Red Hat Linux 7.0 - i386 3. Problem description: A problem has been found in GnuPG versions (up to and including 1.0.3). Due to this problem, GnuPG may report files which have been signed with multiple keys (one or more of which may be incorrect) to be valid even if one of the signatures is invalid. 4. Solution: For each RPM for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filename] where filename is the name of the RPM. 5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info): 19312 - GnuPG signature verification bug 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 6.2: alpha: sparc: i386: sources: Red Hat Linux 7.0: i386: sources: 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- db4be5be1d5b9643927d193096db3489 6.2/SRPMS/gnupg-1.0.4-4.6.x.src.rpm 204298ddaaa03d880099ee7c2129f8da 6.2/alpha/gnupg-1.0.4-4.6.x.alpha.rpm 7a8aecf95b78e5a94468426bb8cfafba 6.2/i386/gnupg-1.0.4-4.6.x.i386.rpm 427e64e2057c003c9f8e0fe05e72e168 6.2/sparc/gnupg-1.0.4-4.6.x.sparc.rpm ee35a93aefd926f4b9528b371c08c584 7.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.0.4-5.src.rpm fc0d8aec076b4a9b8ed526a9ec5323a1 7.0/i386/gnupg-1.0.4-5.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at: You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig If you onlywish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg 8. References: Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc. `. Updated GnuPG packages for CentOS address an issue with signature verification tied to multiple keys.. Red Hat GnuPG security update, GnuPG verification bug, Linux package update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Oct 20, 2000 •Critical Red Hat