Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gnupg (MDKSA-2003:109)

A severe vulnerability was discovered in GnuPG by Phong Nguyen relating to ElGamal sign+encrypt keys. From Werner Koch's email message : '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...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: gnupg security update

Updated gnupg packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. These updates disable the ability to generate ElGamal keys used for both signing and encrypting and disable the ability to use ElGamal public keys for encrypting data. GnuPG is a utility for encrypting data and creating digita...