CVE-2003-0971

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0971
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-15 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionGnuPG (GPG) 1.0.2, and other versions up to 1.2.3, creates ElGamal type 20 (sign+encrypt) keys using the same key component for encryption as for signing, which allows attackers to determine the private key from a signature.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.3 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.3b All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.4 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.5 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.6 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.7 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.2 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.3 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.3 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.3b All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.4 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.5 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.6 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.7 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.2 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - GnuPG ElGamal Signing Weakness Expose Private Key SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for gnupg SECUNIA secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - SuSE update for gpg SECUNIA secunia.com
NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages SUSE www.novell.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for gnupg SECUNIA secunia.com
[Announce] GnuPG 1.2.3 patch to remove ElGamal signing keys CONFIRM lists.gnupg.org Patch
Mandriva Security Advisories MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
'GnuPG's ElGamal signing keys compromised' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-429-1 gnupg DEBIAN www.debian.org
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#940388 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
GnuPG ElGamal Signing Key Private Key Compromise Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
20040202-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com
[Announce] GnuPG's ElGamal signing keys compromised CONFIRM lists.gnupg.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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