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Posted on 04 September 2014
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2339-1
September 03, 2014
gnupg vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
GnuPG could expose sensitive information when performing decryption.
Software Description:
- gnupg: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement
Details:
Daniel Genkin, Adi Shamir, and Eran Tromer discovered that GnuPG was
susceptible to an adaptive chosen ciphertext attack via physical side
channels. A local attacker could use this attack to possibly recover
private keys.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
gnupg 1.4.11-3ubuntu2.7
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
gnupg 1.4.10-2ubuntu1.7
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2339-1
CVE-2014-5270
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg/1.4.11-3ubuntu2.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg/1.4.10-2ubuntu1.7