I can't tell for sure for not having read the paper, but it sounds like
too much hype for vulnerabilities not so important:

https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2018-May/060317.html

https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2018-May/060315.html
(Werner being the maintainer of GnuPG)

So I wouldn't worry about (but why not disable automatic
decryption/verification of incoming emails in the meantime, doesn't cost
much)


On 05/14/2018 10:33 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> I know that right now details are sketchy but the advice of disabling PGP is 
> sound at least until we get to know more information, especially since it's 
> coming from reputable researchers and the EFF (links below but I guess 
> everybody here already knows about that), so obviously that there is ground 
> for worry. 
> 
> Do any of the Qubes users or devs know more at present about this issue or 
> have advice to provide, aside from waiting for the publication of the 
> research paper tomorrow morning (15th of May) and stopping using Split-GPG 
> for the time being as a precaution?
> 
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/attention-pgp-users-new-vulnerabilities-require-you-take-action-now
> 
> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/critical-pgp-and-smime-bugs-can-reveal-encrypted-e-mails-uninstall-now/
> 
> Thanks.
> 

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