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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2967-1 (gnupg - security update)

🗓️ 25 Jun 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.netType 
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2967-1 (gnupg - security update) for Debian Linux resolves a parsing issue in GnuPG allowing a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service through an infinite loop

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_2967.nasl 6995 2017-08-23 11:52:03Z teissa $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2967-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#

tag_affected  = "gnupg on Debian Linux";
tag_insight   = "GnuPG is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage.
It can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures.
It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant
with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard as described in RFC 4880.";
tag_solution  = "For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.12-7+deb7u4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.16-1.2.

We recommend that you upgrade your gnupg packages.";
tag_summary   = "Jean-René Reinhard, Olivier Levillain and Florian Maury reported that
GnuPG, the GNU Privacy Guard, did not properly parse certain garbled
compressed data packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to mount
a denial of service against GnuPG by triggering an infinite loop.";
tag_vuldetect = "This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.";

if(description)
{
    script_id(702967);
    script_version("$Revision: 6995 $");
    script_cve_id("CVE-2014-4617");
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 2967-1 (gnupg - security update)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-08-23 13:52:03 +0200 (Wed, 23 Aug 2017) $");
    script_tag(name: "creation_date", value:"2014-06-25 00:00:00 +0200 (Wed, 25 Jun 2014)");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

    script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2967.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: tag_affected);
    script_tag(name: "insight",   value: tag_insight);
#    script_tag(name: "impact",    value: tag_impact);
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: tag_solution);
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: tag_summary);
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: tag_vuldetect);
    script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
    script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

    exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gnupg", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gnupg-curl", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gpgv", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gpgv-win32", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gnupg", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gnupg-curl", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gpgv", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gpgv-win32", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gnupg", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.2")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gnupg-curl", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.2")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gpgv", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.2")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gpgv-win32", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.2")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gnupg", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.3")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gnupg-curl", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.3")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gpgv", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.3")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"gpgv-win32", ver:"1.4.12-7+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7.3")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}

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