MGASA-2013-0239

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    MGASA-2013-0239

    Published: 3 Aug 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4242

    Summary: Updated gnupg package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: Yarom and Falkner discovered that RSA secret keys in applications using GnuPG 1.x, and using the libgcrypt library, could be leaked via a side channel attack, where a malicious local user could obtain private key information from another user on the system (CVE-2013-4242).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0239.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10850, http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2013q3/000329.html, http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2013q3/000330.html, http://eprint.iacr.org/2013/448, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2730, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2731, http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2013:205/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnupg

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/gnupg?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.12-1.2.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High