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ELSA-2006:0754 Important gnupg security update

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ELSA-2006:0754 Important gnupg security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/29/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

A "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to dereference a function pointer from deallocated stack memory.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-gnupg

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