cvs commit: ports/security/vuxml vuln.xml

[Jacques Vidrine]

On Jul 31, 2005, at 8:23 AM, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:

> simon       2005-07-31 13:23:50 UTC
>
>   FreeBSD ports repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     security/vuxml       vuln.xml
>   Log:
>   Document gnupg -- OpenPGP symmetric encryption vulnerability.
>
>   Note: this is mainly a theoretical vulnerability.
>
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.763     +38 -1     ports/security/vuxml/vuln.xml

Thanks, Simon.  Here are a couple of other points that this entry  
should maybe reflect:

   = Other software implementing OpenPGP is likely affected, e.g. the  
Perl Crypt::OpenPGP module  (ports/security/p5-Crypt-OpenPGP)

   = GnuPG and others "resolved" this issue by disabling the "quick  
check" when using a session key derived from public key encryption.   
But the issue still exists when using symmetric encryption directly,  
e.g. with the `-c' or `--symmetric' flags to gpg.  Of course in that  
case it is even less likely to affect a real world user.

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques A. Vidrine / NTT/Verio
jacques at vidrine.us / jvidrine at verio.net / nectar at freebsd.org