metadata/glsa/glsa-200608-08.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200608-08">
  <title>GnuPG: Integer overflow vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    GnuPG is vulnerable to an integer overflow that could lead to the execution
    of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">gnupg</product>
  <announced>August 05, 2006</announced>
  <revised>August 08, 2006: 02</revised>
  <bug>142248</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-crypt/gnupg" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.4.5</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    The GNU Privacy Guard, GnuPG, is a free replacement for the PGP suite
    of cryptographic software.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Evgeny Legerov discovered a vulnerability in GnuPG that when certain
    packets are handled an integer overflow may occur.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    By sending a specially crafted email to a user running an affected
    version of GnuPG, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary
    code with the permissions of the user running GnuPG.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All GnuPG users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;=app-crypt/gnupg-1.4*&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3746">CVE-2006-3746</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:24:55 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:48:08 +0000">
    dizzutch
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:09:20 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>