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Red Hat update for gnupg
Secunia Advisory: SA10400
Release Date: 2003-12-11
Popularity: 10,977 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Spoofing
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Linux 7.1
RedHat Linux 7.2
RedHat Linux 7.3
RedHat Linux 8.0
RedHat Linux 9
RedHat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 for Itanium
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium

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CVE reference:CVE-2003-0971


Description:
Red Hat has issued updated packages for gnupg. These fix a vulnerability, which exposes the private key when using El-Gamal type 20 keys.

For more information:
SA10304

Solution:
Updated packages for Enterprise edition are only available via Red Hat Network.

Updated packages for Red Hat Linux:

Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/gnupg-1.0.7-12.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/gnupg-1.0.7-12.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.2:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/gnupg-1.0.7-13.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/gnupg-1.0.7-13.i386.rpm

ia64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/gnupg-1.0.7-13.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.3:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/gnupg-1.0.7-13.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/gnupg-1.0.7-13.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 8.0:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/gnupg-1.0.7-14.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/gnupg-1.0.7-14.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/gnupg-1.2.1-9.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/gnupg-1.2.1-9.i386.rpm

Original Advisory:
Updated gnupg packages disable ElGamal keys
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-395.html

Updated gnupg packages disable ElGamal keys
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-390.html

Other References:
SA10304:
http://secunia.com/advisories/10304/


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