GLSA 201407-04: GnuPG: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	GnuPG: Denial of Service
Date:	07/16/2014
Bugs:	#514718
ID:	201407-04

Synopsis

A vulnerability in GnuPG can lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

The GNU Privacy Guard, GnuPG, is a free replacement for the PGP suite of cryptographic software.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-crypt/gnupg	< 2.0.24	>= 2.0.24	All supported architectures

Description

GnuPG does not properly handle a specially crated compressed packet resulting in an infinite loop.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker can cause a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GnuPG 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.24"

All GnuPG 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/gnupg-1.4.17"

References

CVE-2014-4617

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-04.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.