summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--security/vuxml/vuln.xml9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/security/vuxml/vuln.xml b/security/vuxml/vuln.xml
index 4af5a08c4c52..da57b2776139 100644
--- a/security/vuxml/vuln.xml
+++ b/security/vuxml/vuln.xml
@@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
response to the submitter, then this does not affect you
at all.</p>
</blockquote>
+ <p>Note that the <q>fix</q> in GnuPG does note completely
+ eliminate the potential problem:</p>
+ <blockquote cite="http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2005q1/000191.html">
+ <p>These patches disable a portion of the OpenPGP protocol
+ that the attack is exploiting. This change should not be
+ user visible. With the patch in place, this attack will
+ not work using a public-key encrypted message. It will
+ still work using a passphrase-encrypted message.</p>
+ </blockquote>
</body>
</description>
<references>