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Mandriva: Updated gnupg packages fix signature file verification vulnerability Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake Tavis Ormandy discovered it is possible to make gpg incorrectly return success when verifying an invalid signature file. The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDKSA-2006:043
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : gnupg
 Date    : February 17, 2006
 Affected: 10.1, 10.2, 2006.0, Corporate 2.1, Corporate 3.0,
           Multi Network Firewall 2.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 Tavis Ormandy discovered it is possible to make gpg incorrectly 
 return success when verifying an invalid signature file.
 
 The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0455
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 10.1:
 5d18d12ad040377708e5b76397edea3d  10.1/RPMS/gnupg-1.2.4-1.2.101mdk.i586.rpm
 d60929578b66abf129fe774abcb3365b  10.1/SRPMS/gnupg-1.2.4-1.2.101mdk.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 10.1/X86_64:
 3f3cff6c5a6fb9a5abe815c8e2e22774  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/gnupg-1.2.4-1.2.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
 d60929578b66abf129fe774abcb3365b  x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/gnupg-1.2.4-1.2.101mdk.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 10.2:
 e2c3c3d9c67282a9b47fe9d85a0c6ed5  10.2/RPMS/gnupg-1.4.0-4.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
 7c7cbcd6405c7eaaa9c441decaf103c3  10.2/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.0-4.1.102mdk.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 10.2/X86_64:
 b71f0376a3508a112b29508c2815bd2d  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/gnupg-1.4.0-4.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
 7c7cbcd6405c7eaaa9c441decaf103c3  x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.0-4.1.102mdk.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
 71f92541420f6c3a23d2495719386752  2006.0/RPMS/gnupg-1.4.2-2.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 3125bd04850ca8783acf6209af5e5566  2006.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.2-2.1.20060mdk.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
 9605f734fe6b9bc1c64f45a1582b2a0b  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/gnupg-1.4.2-2.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 3125bd04850ca8783acf6209af5e5566  x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.2-2.1.20060mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate Server 2.1:
 4c6841d5f28eddf14dc142cbd7e922e1  corporate/2.1/RPMS/gnupg-1.0.7-3.4.C21mdk.i586.rpm
 0976dbd29fece66598e4cec6e6753071  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/gnupg-1.0.7-3.4.C21mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate Server 2.1/X86_64:
 43023e526548b3311c8a38952fd563a9  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/gnupg-1.0.7-3.4.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
 0976dbd29fece66598e4cec6e6753071  x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/gnupg-1.0.7-3.4.C21mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0:
 333e703b0c5db15252f1ed62df26f387  corporate/3.0/RPMS/gnupg-1.2.4-1.2.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 872548e5392b8aac650f5e586bafde63  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.2.4-1.2.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
 87457273661e65f64d6386671899040a  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/gnupg-1.2.4-1.2.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
 872548e5392b8aac650f5e586bafde63  x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.2.4-1.2.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Multi Network Firewall 2.0:
 3a8c3c898241fe26d7d993f5a7387f65  mnf/2.0/RPMS/gnupg-1.2.4-1.2.M20mdk.i586.rpm
 18690f96b6fa8b0d31c23e2dc270b94e  mnf/2.0/SRPMS/gnupg-1.2.4-1.2.M20mdk.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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