National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2003-0971

Overview

GnuPG (GPG) 1.0.2, and other versions up to 1.2.3, creates ElGamal type 20 (sign+encrypt) keys using the same key component for encryption as for signing, which allows attackers to determine the private key from a signature.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#940388

Name: VU#940388

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/940388

External Source: BID

Name: 9115

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9115

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20031127 GnuPG's ElGamal signing keys compromised

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106995769213221&w=2

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2003q4/000277.html

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2003q4/000277.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2003q4/000276.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2003q4/000276.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2003:395

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-395.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2003:390

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-390.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SuSE-SA:2003:048

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_048_gpg.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-429

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-429

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 10400

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/10400

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 10399

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/10399

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 10349

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/10349

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 10304

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/10304

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10982

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10982

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2003:109

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:109

External Source: CONECTIVA

Name: CLA-2003:798

Hyperlink:http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000798

External Source: SGI

Name: 20040202-01-U

Hyperlink:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10982

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10982