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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200305-04 |
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PACKAGE : gnupg |
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SUMMARY : key validity bug |
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DATE : 2003-05-16 11:55 UTC |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <gnupg-1.2.2 |
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FIXED VERSION : >=gnupg-1.2.2 |
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CVE : CAN-2003-0255 |
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- From advisory: |
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"As part of the development of GnuPG 1.2.2, a bug was discovered in the |
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key validation code. This bug causes keys with more than one user ID |
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to give all user IDs on the key the amount of validity given to the |
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most-valid key." |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105215110111174&w=2 |
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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/gnupg upgrade to gnupg-1.2.2 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge gnupg |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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