Updated GNUPG packages has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 8
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3960-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
September 01, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : gnupg
CVE ID : CVE-2017-7526
Daniel J. Bernstein, Joachim Breitner, Daniel Genkin, Leon Groot
Bruinderink, Nadia Heninger, Tanja Lange, Christine van Vredendaal and
Yuval Yarom discovered that GnuPG is prone to a local side-channel
attack allowing full key recovery for RSA-1024.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.4.18-7+deb8u4.
We recommend that you upgrade your gnupg packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
