Package : gnupg2 Vulnerability : integer overflow Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-3082
Evgeny Legerov discovered that gnupg, the GNU privacy guard, a free PGP replacement contains an integer overflow that can cause a segmentation fault and possibly overwrite memory via a large user ID strings.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.1-1.sarge4 of GnuPG and in version 1.9.15-6sarge1 of GnuPG2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.3-2 of GnuPG, a fix for GnuPG2 is pending.
We recommend that you upgrade your gnupg package.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
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 at the end of this advisory:
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 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------