Submitted by KeesCook on Thu, 2006-12-07 12:07
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2006-6235
Description:
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-393-1 December 07, 2006
gnupg vulnerability
CVE-2006-6235
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 5.10
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 5.10:
gnupg 1.4.1-1ubuntu1.6
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
gnupg 1.4.2.2-1ubuntu2.4
Ubuntu 6.10:
gnupg 1.4.3-2ubuntu3.2
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.
Details follow:
Tavis Ormandy discovered that gnupg was incorrectly using the stack. If
a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted message, an
attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
