-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2001-0009 Package name: GnuPG Severity: Remote arbitrary code execution vulnerability Date: 2001-06-01 Affected versions: TSL 1.01, 1.1, 1.2 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Problem description: From <URI:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0281.html>: Hidden deep within its code is a format string vulnerability which can be triggered simply by attempting to decrypt a file with a specially crafted filename. This vulnerability can allow a malicious user to gain unathorized access to the account which attempted the decryption. Action: We recommend that all systems with this package installed are upgraded. Location: All TSL updates are available from <URI:http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/> <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/> Automatic updates: Users of the SWUP tool, can enjoy having updates automatically installed using 'swup --upgrade'. Note that kernel packages are not normally fit to be upgraded this way and therefore excluded in the default configuration. Get SWUP from: <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/> Questions? Check out our mailing lists: <URI:http://www.trustix.net/support/> Verification: This advisory along with all TSL packages are signed with the TSL sign key. This key available from: <URI:http://www.trustix.net/TSL-GPG-KEY> The advisory itself is available from the errata page at <URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.2/> or directly at <URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2001/TSL-2001-0009-gnupg.asc.txt> MD5sums of the packages: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 87f660776fcf0de42aa075342a8fb6d6 ./1.2/SRPMS/gnupg-1.0.6-1tr.src.rpm 00ac255898db5e97baba2fe4083cdb78 ./1.2/RPMS/gnupg-1.0.6-1tr.i586.rpm 87f660776fcf0de42aa075342a8fb6d6 ./1.1/SRPMS/gnupg-1.0.6-1tr.src.rpm 6dd900b24b7658608d19a6a1c8500b5d ./1.1/RPMS/gnupg-1.0.6-1tr.i586.rpm - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trustix Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7F1ItwRTcg4BxxS0RAgmaAJ45UfiEz5tBhzmZaGSfSxccx6xW8wCcDOI9 tSI5matbq68GSpP9PfmzuqA= =iuOO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Trustix Secure Linux Advisor Homepage: http://www.trustix.net/ Errata: http://www.trustix.net/errata/ Automatic updates: http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/
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