Ubuntu Security Notice USN-393-1
6th December, 2006
gnupg vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Ubuntu 5.10
Details
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- gnupg 1.4.3-2ubuntu3.2
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- gnupg 1.4.2.2-1ubuntu2.4
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- gnupg 1.4.1-1ubuntu1.6
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.