Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702968
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 2968-1 (gnupg2 - security update)
Summary:	Jean-René Reinhard, Olivier Levillain and Florian Maury reported that;GnuPG, the GNU Privacy Guard, did not properly parse certain garbled;compressed data packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to mount;a denial of service against GnuPG by triggering an infinite loop.
Description:	Summary: Jean-René Reinhard, Olivier Levillain and Florian Maury reported that GnuPG, the GNU Privacy Guard, did not properly parse certain garbled compressed data packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to mount a denial of service against GnuPG by triggering an infinite loop. Affected Software/OS: gnupg2 on Debian Linux Solution: For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.19-2+deb7u2. For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.24-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.24-1. We recommend that you upgrade your gnupg2 packages. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-4617 Debian Security Information: DSA-2967 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2967 Debian Security Information: DSA-2968 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2968 http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000344.html http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000345.html http://secunia.com/advisories/59213 http://secunia.com/advisories/59351 http://secunia.com/advisories/59534 http://secunia.com/advisories/59578 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0866 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00010.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2258-1
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