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[RHSA-2014:0016-01] Moderate: gnupg security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Moderate: gnupg security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0016-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0016.html

Issue date: 2014-01-08

CVE Names: CVE-2013-4576

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1. Summary:

 

An updated gnupg package that fixes one security issue is now available for

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

 

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate

security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in

the References section.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) is a tool for encrypting data and

creating digital signatures, compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet

standard and the S/MIME standard.

 

It was found that GnuPG was vulnerable to side-channel attacks via acoustic

cryptanalysis. An attacker in close range to a target system that is

decrypting ciphertexts could possibly use this flaw to recover the RSA

secret key from that system. (CVE-2013-4576)

 

Red Hat would like to thank Werner Koch of GnuPG upstream for reporting

this issue. Upstream acknowledges Genkin, Shamir, and Tromer as the

original reporters.

 

All gnupg users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which

contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the

Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

 

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

1043327 - CVE-2013-4576 gnupg: RSA secret key recovery via acoustic cryptanalysis

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.src.rpm

 

i386:

gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.i386.rpm

gnupg-debuginfo-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm

gnupg-debuginfo-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.src.rpm

 

i386:

gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.i386.rpm

gnupg-debuginfo-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.ia64.rpm

gnupg-debuginfo-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.ia64.rpm

 

ppc:

gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.ppc.rpm

gnupg-debuginfo-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.ppc.rpm

 

s390x:

gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.s390x.rpm

gnupg-debuginfo-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm

gnupg-debuginfo-1.4.5-18.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

7. References:

 

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-4576.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.

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