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HistoryJan 17, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian Security Advisory DSA 429-1 (gnupg)

2008-01-1700:00:00
Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.
plugins.openvas.org
6

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.012

Percentile

85.5%

The remote host is missing an update to gnupg announced via advisory DSA 429-1.

This VT has been merged into the VT

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53128");
  script_version("2023-06-29T08:15:14+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-06-29 08:15:14 +0000 (Thu, 29 Jun 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:41:51 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0971");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 429-1 (gnupg)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20429-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9115");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Phong Nguyen identified a severe bug in the way GnuPG creates and uses
ElGamal keys for signing.  This is a significant security failure
which can lead to a compromise of almost all ElGamal keys used for
signing.

This update disables the use of this type of key.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 1.0.6-4woody1.

For the unstable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version
1.2.4-1.

We recommend that you update your gnupg package.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to gnupg announced via advisory DSA 429-1.

This VT has been merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-429)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53137).");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_tag(name:"deprecated", value:TRUE);

  exit(0);
}

exit(66);

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.012

Percentile

85.5%