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Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Daniel Ahlberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Full-Disclosure] GLSA: kgpg Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 14:55:34 +0100 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200211-002 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : kgpg SUMMARY : keys generated in wizard have an empty passphrase DATE : 2002-11-10 13:11 UTC EXPLOIT : local - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - From http://devel-home.kde.org/~kgpg/bug.html A bug in Kgpg's key generation affects all secret keys generated through Kgpg's wizard. (Bug does not affect keys created in console/expert mode). All keys created through the wizard have an empty passphrase, which means that if someone has access to your computer and can read your secret key, he/she can decrypt your files whitout the need of a passphrase. SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running app-crypt/kgpg-0.8.2 and earlier update their systems as follows: emerge rsync emerge kgpg emerge clean - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9zmVTfT7nyhUpoZMRAlGnAKCqIwAhxi/OtU55GVFWc+waeIY7LwCgtRgf jglVyBs6JzNtzNEQZfz69nA= =EybQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html ------------------------------ End of this Digest ****************** -- Raju Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ It is the mind that moves ================================================ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header. Check archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org
