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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56285
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-978-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'gnupg' package(s) announced via the DSA-978-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'gnupg' package(s) announced via the DSA-978-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Tavis Ormandy noticed that gnupg, the GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement, verifies external signatures of files successfully even though they don't contain a signature at all.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.6-4woody4.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.1-1sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your gnupg package.

Please note that this security advisory has been superseded by DSA 993. Therefore, the updated packages are no longer available from this page.

Affected Software/OS:
'gnupg' package(s) on Debian 3.0, Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-0455
16663
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16663
18845
http://secunia.com/advisories/18845
18933
http://secunia.com/advisories/18933
18934
http://secunia.com/advisories/18934
18942
http://secunia.com/advisories/18942
18955
http://secunia.com/advisories/18955
18956
http://secunia.com/advisories/18956
18968
http://secunia.com/advisories/18968
19130
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
19249
http://secunia.com/advisories/19249
19532
http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
2006-0008
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0008
20060215 False positive signature verification in GnuPG
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425289/100/0/threaded
20060401-01-U
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
23221
http://www.osvdb.org/23221
ADV-2006-0610
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0610
DSA-978
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-978
FEDORA-2006-116
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2006-116.shtml
FLSA-2006:185355
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433931/100/0/threaded
GLSA-200602-10
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-10.xml
MDKSA-2006:043
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:043
OpenPKG-SA-2006.001
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.001-gnupg.html
RHSA-2006:0266
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0266.html
SSA:2006-072-02
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.476477
SUSE-SA:2006:009
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_09_gpg.html
SUSE-SA:2006:013
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_13_gpg.html
SUSE-SR:2006:005
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
USN-252-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-252-1
[gnupg-announce] 20060215 False positive signature verification in GnuPG
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q1/000211.html
[gnupg-devel] 20060215 [Announce] False positive signature verification in GnuPG
http://marc.info/?l=gnupg-devel&m=113999098729114&w=2
gnupg-gpgv-improper-verification(24744)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24744
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10084
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10084
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