============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2339-1 September 03, 2014 gnupg vulnerability ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: GnuPG could expose sensitive information when performing decryption. Software Description: - gnupg: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement Details: Daniel Genkin, Adi Shamir, and Eran Tromer discovered that GnuPG was susceptible to an adaptive chosen ciphertext attack via physical side channels. A local attacker could use this attack to possibly recover private keys. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: gnupg 1.4.11-3ubuntu2.7 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: gnupg 1.4.10-2ubuntu1.7 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2339-1 CVE-2014-5270 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg/1.4.11-3ubuntu2.7 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg/1.4.10-2ubuntu1.7