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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200211-002 |
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PACKAGE : kgpg |
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SUMMARY : keys generated in wizard have an empty passphrase |
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DATE : 2002-11-10 13:11 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : local |
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- From http://devel-home.kde.org/~kgpg/bug.html |
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A bug in Kgpg's key generation affects all secret keys generated |
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through Kgpg's wizard. (Bug does not affect keys created in |
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console/expert mode). All keys created through the wizard have an |
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empty passphrase, which means that if someone has access to your |
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computer and can read your secret key, he/she can decrypt your files |
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whitout the need of a passphrase. |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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app-crypt/kgpg-0.8.2 and earlier update their systems as follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge kgpg |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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hannes@g.o |
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