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://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-1.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29568
https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue894
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/30394651-13e1-11dd-bab7-0016179b2dd5.html
Insight
The following package is affected: gnupg
CVE-2008-1530
GnuPG (gpg) 1.4.8 and 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted duplicate keys that are imported from key servers, which triggers 'memory corruption around deduplication of user IDs.'
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2008-1530 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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