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Package name gnupg
Date November 30th, 2006
Advisory ID MDKSA-2006:221
Affected versions CS3.0, MNF2.0, 2006.0, 2007.0, CS4.0

Problem Description

Buffer overflow in the ask_outfile_name function in openfile.c for
GnuPG (gpg) 1.4 and 2.0, when running interactively, might allow
attackers to execute arbitrary code via messages that cause the
make_printable_string function to return a longer string than expected
while constructing a prompt.

Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Updated Packages

Corporate Server 3.0

 92abcd2621d7f9ae84625abda55ac4d0  corporate/3.0/i586/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.4.C30mdk.i586.rpm 
 ec6725061073900f143df92a6f398f20  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.4.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 3.0/X86_64

 b6d1b7f3f609295724f3fe2372ba6103  corporate/3.0/x86_64/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.4.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm 
 ec6725061073900f143df92a6f398f20  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.4.C30mdk.src.rpm

Multi Network Firewall 2.0

 08d7f0201cff5462b8ad7ea010e241b2  mnf/2.0/i586/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.5.M20mdk.i586.rpm 
 2c9b6c752e00c97793e7e436c89d2c5a  mnf/2.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.5.M20mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006

 c3ce4cd92136d7f632c14a6c80938b82  2006.0/i586/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.4.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 bfaeaba79a74d3873b598f90e0e801e0  2006.0/i586/gnupg2-1.9.16-4.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm 
 9ac3ae5eb7475c230c7a7d0937c1c381  2006.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.4.20060mdk.src.rpm
 c5da4a8a6e5bd9ec333d73180d93d64f  2006.0/SRPMS/gnupg2-1.9.16-4.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006/X86_64

 8fcc5fdb170d0b268c13f93aabe0502e  2006.0/x86_64/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.4.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 b7ef342175e3eaac7fc3794159f2064e  2006.0/x86_64/gnupg2-1.9.16-4.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm 
 9ac3ae5eb7475c230c7a7d0937c1c381  2006.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.4.20060mdk.src.rpm
 c5da4a8a6e5bd9ec333d73180d93d64f  2006.0/SRPMS/gnupg2-1.9.16-4.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007

 d7ddd9237786b5e2d3b0fed45f1a1071  2007.0/i586/gnupg-1.4.5-1.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 cc2078cc49dc6fb5f11add689684e60a  2007.0/i586/gnupg2-1.9.22-2.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 a492a12d44d0491f676566959847c4e6  2007.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.5-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
 f1816783fde74d0233d44ae64301886c  2007.0/SRPMS/gnupg2-1.9.22-2.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64

 9ba224c45d13760e8100d88159818da0  2007.0/x86_64/gnupg-1.4.5-1.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 13a6b47c7f88ffc1614e42a1276b7ac4  2007.0/x86_64/gnupg2-1.9.22-2.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
 a492a12d44d0491f676566959847c4e6  2007.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.5-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
 f1816783fde74d0233d44ae64301886c  2007.0/SRPMS/gnupg2-1.9.22-2.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Corporate Server 4.0

 7149e243684d303bd5b2bbda7ee9ffb9  corporate/4.0/i586/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.4.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
 c918da1cadd3c86aca8a6317cd36fc28  corporate/4.0/i586/gnupg2-1.9.16-4.3.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 
 b94a486c4644fd56ed61602b0ab7fac7  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.4.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
 eb8b52a35c09081cc9f3f8e70ae67e5f  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/gnupg2-1.9.16-4.3.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

Corporate Server 4.0/X86_64

 ad3b69e395186d56ec93a2ac21330bc3  corporate/4.0/x86_64/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.4.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
 8c7327c6d4244a7a8ead9d1f5f4f462e  corporate/4.0/x86_64/gnupg2-1.9.16-4.3.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm 
 b94a486c4644fd56ed61602b0ab7fac7  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.2.2-0.4.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
 eb8b52a35c09081cc9f3f8e70ae67e5f  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/gnupg2-1.9.16-4.3.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6169

Upgrade

To upgrade automatically, use MandrivaUpdate.


Verification

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command :

		rpm --checksig package.rpm
		

You can get the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM.

If you use MandrivaUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.