[Bug 1785176] Re: GnuPG 1.4.23 released on 2018-06-11, addresses CVE-2017-7526

[Alex Murray]

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3733-1/

** Changed in: gnupg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  GnuPG 1.4.23 released on 2018-06-11, addresses CVE-2017-7526

Status in gnupg package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  According to the information at the GnuPG Web site
  (https://www.gnupg.org/), GnuPG 1.4.23 was released on 2018-06-11 "to
  address the critical security bug CVE-2017-7526."

  https://www.gnupg.org/
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7526

  In addition, according to the information on the GnuPG news page
  (https://www.gnupg.org/news.html) GnuPG 1.4.22 was released on
  2017-07-19 "to address the recently published local side channel
  attack CVE-2017-7526."

  https://www.gnupg.org/news.html
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7526

  On the same page, it is mentioned that GnuPG 1.4.21 was released
  around 2016-08-17 to address the issue in CVE-2016-6313.

  https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2016q3/000395.html (Note that the CVE id in the message is not correct)
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6313

  The changelog for the gnupg package version 1.4.20-1ubuntu3.2 mentions
  fixes for CVE-2018-12020 and CVE-2016-6313. There is no mention of
  CVE-2017-7526.

  http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/g/gnupg/gnupg_1.4.20-1ubuntu3.2/changelog

  Your attention to this issue is appreciated.

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