GnuPG: Integer overflow vulnerability

GnuPG: Integer overflow vulnerability GnuPG is vulnerable to an integer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. gnupg 2006-08-05 2006-08-08 142248 remote 1.4.5 1.4.5

The GNU Privacy Guard, GnuPG, is a free replacement for the PGP suite of cryptographic software.

Evgeny Legerov discovered a vulnerability in GnuPG that when certain packets are handled an integer overflow may occur.

By sending a specially crafted email to a user running an affected version of GnuPG, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running GnuPG.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All GnuPG users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "=app-crypt/gnupg-1.4*"

CVE-2006-3746 koon dizzutch jaervosz