SB2013122007 - Credentials management in GNU GnuPG 

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SB2013122007 - Credentials management in GNU GnuPG

Published: December 20, 2013 Updated: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2013122007
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Credentials management (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4576)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.16 generates RSA keys using sequences of introductions with certain patterns that introduce a side channel, which allows physically proximate attackers to extract RSA keys via a chosen-ciphertext attack and acoustic cryptanalysis during decryption. NOTE: applications are not typically expected to protect themselves from acoustic side-channel attacks, since this is arguably the responsibility of the physical device. Accordingly, issues of this type would not normally receive a CVE identifier. However, for this issue, the developer has specified a security policy in which GnuPG should offer side-channel resistance, and developer-specified security-policy violations are within the scope of CVE.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References