openSUSE Security Update: gpg2: reuses a freed pointer when verifying a signature ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2010:0479-1 Rating: important References: #625947 Cross-References: CVE-2010-2547 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.3 openSUSE 11.2 openSUSE 11.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: GnuPG2 was vulnerable to arbitrary code execution by context-dependent attackers because of reusing a freed pointer when verifying a signature or importing a certificate with many "Subject Alternate Names". (CVE-2010-2547) Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch gpg2-2819 - openSUSE 11.2: zypper in -t patch gpg2-2819 - openSUSE 11.1: zypper in -t patch gpg2-2819 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 src x86_64): gpg2-2.0.15-5.1.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (noarch): gpg2-lang-2.0.15-5.1.1 - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 src x86_64): gpg2-2.0.12-2.4.1 - openSUSE 11.2 (noarch): gpg2-lang-2.0.12-2.4.1 - openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc src x86_64): gpg2-2.0.9-25.109.1 - openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc x86_64): gpg2-lang-2.0.9-25.109.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2547.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/625947