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Details
USN-5503-1 fixed a vulnerability in GnuPG. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Demi Marie Obenour discovered that GnuPG incorrectly handled injection in
the status message. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
forge signatures.
USN-5503-1 fixed a vulnerability in GnuPG. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Demi Marie Obenour discovered that GnuPG incorrectly handled injection in
the status message. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
forge signatures.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.04 xenial | gnupg2 – 2.1.11-6ubuntu2.1+esm1 | ||
| gnupg – 1.4.20-1ubuntu3.3+esm2 | |||
| 14.04 trusty | gnupg – 1.4.16-1ubuntu2.6+esm1 | ||
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