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USN-1987-1: GnuPG vulnerabilities

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USN-1987-1: GnuPG vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/09/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/08/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

GnuPG 1.4.x, 2.0.x, and 2.1.x treats a key flags subpacket with all bits cleared (no usage permitted) as if it has all bits set (all usage permitted), which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging the subkey.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-gnupg
  • ubuntu-upgrade-gnupg2

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