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Package: gnupg
Version: 1.4.1-1.sarge3
Severity: grave
Tags: security
Hello James
I have not verified that any Debian version is affected but there was just
a mail on a German newsticker that GnuPGs last release closes a security
hole regarding too long user ids that lead to a crash when using --no-armor.
More info is supposed to be here:
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q2/000226.html
bye,
-christian-
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-686-smp
Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set
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Versions of packages gnupg depends on:
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.2-7 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libldap2 2.1.30-8 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libreadline5 5.0-10 GNU readline and history libraries
ii libusb-0.1-4 2:0.1.10a-9.sarge.1 userspace USB programming library
ii makedev 2.3.1-77 creates device files in /dev
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4.sarge.2 compression library - runtime
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1.4.3-2
Christian Hammers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have not verified that any Debian version is affected but there was just
> a mail on a German newsticker that GnuPGs last release closes a security
> hole regarding too long user ids that lead to a crash when using --no-armor.
>
> More info is supposed to be here:
> [13]http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q2/000226.html
This has been fixed in 1.4.3-2 and the security team notified for a
stable update.
--
James
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