SigSpoof

Security vulnerabilities that affected GNU Privacy Guard

2018-12020Date discoveredJune 2018; 5 years ago (2018-06)DiscovererMarcus BrinkmannAffected softwareGNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) from v0.2.2 to v2.2.8.

SigSpoof (CVE-2018-12020) is a family of security vulnerabilities that affected the software package GNU Privacy Guard ("GnuPG") since version 0.2.2, that was released in 1998.[1] Several other software packages that make use of GnuPG were also affected, such as Pass and Enigmail.[2][1]

In un-patched versions of affected software, SigSpoof attacks allow cryptographic signatures to be convincingly spoofed, under certain circumstances.[1][3][4][2][5] This potentially enables a wide range of subsidiary attacks to succeed.[1][3][4][2][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Goodin, Dan (2018-06-14). "Decades-old PGP bug allowed hackers to spoof just about anyone's signature". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  2. ^ a b c Chirgwin, Richard (2018-06-19). "Pass gets a fail: Simple Password Store suffers GnuPG spoofing bug". The Register. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  3. ^ a b Böck, Hanno (2018-06-13). "SigSpoof: Signaturen fälschen mit GnuPG". Golem.de. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  4. ^ a b von Westernhagen, Olivia (2018-06-14). "Enigmail und GPG Suite: Neue Mail-Plugin-Versionen schließen GnuPG-Lücke". Heise Security. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  5. ^ a b "20 Jahre alter Fehler entdeckt: PGP-Signaturen ließen sich einfach fälschen - derStandard.at". Der Standard. 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
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