1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-389-1

USN-389-1: GnuPG vulnerability

Publication date

29 November 2006

Overview

GnuPG vulnerability

Releases

Details

A buffer overflow was discovered in GnuPG. By tricking a user into
running gpg interactively on a specially crafted message, an attacker
could execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges. This
vulnerability is not exposed when running gpg in batch mode.

A buffer overflow was discovered in GnuPG. By tricking a user into
running gpg interactively on a specially crafted message, an attacker
could execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges. This
vulnerability is not exposed when running gpg in batch mode.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
6.10 edgy gnupg –  1.4.3-2ubuntu3.1
6.06 dapper gnupg –  1.4.2.2-1ubuntu2.3
5.10 breezy gnupg –  1.4.1-1ubuntu1.5

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