Packages
- signing-party - Various OpenPGP related tools
Details
It was discovered that the gpg-key2ps tool in signing-party did not
properly sanitize user IDs before passing them to a shell. If a user were
tricked into processing a specially crafted OpenPGP key, an attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands.
It was discovered that the gpg-key2ps tool in signing-party did not
properly sanitize user IDs before passing them to a shell. If a user were
tricked into processing a specially crafted OpenPGP key, an attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | signing-party – 2.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
| 16.04 LTS xenial | signing-party – 2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
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