Security update for gpg2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1814-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-12020 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2018-12020 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2018-12020 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gpg2 fixes the following security issue:

  • CVE-2018-12020: GnuPG mishandled the original filename during decryption and verification actions, which allowed remote attackers to spoof the output that GnuPG sends on file descriptor 2 to other programs that use the "--status-fd 2" option (bsc#1096745).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1223=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gpg2-debuginfo-2.2.5-4.3.1
    • gpg2-debugsource-2.2.5-4.3.1
    • gpg2-2.2.5-4.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (noarch)
    • gpg2-lang-2.2.5-4.3.1

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