Package : gnupg2
Vulnerability : use-after-free
Problem type : local (remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2010-2547
Debian Bug : 590122
It was discovered that GnuPG 2 uses a freed pointer when verify a
signature or importing a certificate with many Subject Alternate Names, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.9-3.1+lenny1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.14-2.
GnuPG 1 (in the gnupg package) is not affected by this problem.
We recommend that you upgrade your gnupg2 packages.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny
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