Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/033
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2005q1/000191.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/8375a73f-01bf-11da-bc08-0001020eed82.html
Insight
The following package is affected: gnupg
CVE-2005-0366
The integrity check feature in OpenPGP, when handling a message that was encrypted using cipher feedback (CFB) mode, allows remote attackers to recover part of the plaintext via a chosen-ciphertext attack when the first 2 bytes of a message block are known, and an oracle or other mechanism is available to determine whether an integrity check failed.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-0366 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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