Security update for gpg2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0378-1
Release Date: 2026-02-04T07:38:17Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-68973 ( SUSE ): 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-68973 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-68973 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gpg2 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-68973: Fixed possile memory corruption in the armor parser [T7906] (bsc#1255715)
  • Fixed GnuPG Accepting Path Separators and Path Traversals in Literal Data (bsc#1256389)
  • Fixed Cleartext Signature Forgery in the NotDashEscaped header implementation in GnuPG (bsc#1256390)
  • Fixed error out on unverified output for non-detached signatures [T7903] (bsc#1256244)

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-378=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-378=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • gpg2-debugsource-2.0.24-9.17.1
    • gpg2-2.0.24-9.17.1
    • gpg2-debuginfo-2.0.24-9.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (noarch)
    • gpg2-lang-2.0.24-9.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gpg2-debugsource-2.0.24-9.17.1
    • gpg2-2.0.24-9.17.1
    • gpg2-debuginfo-2.0.24-9.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (noarch)
    • gpg2-lang-2.0.24-9.17.1

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