Missing Required Cryptographic Step Affecting gnupg2-smime package, versions <0:2.0.28-2.32.amzn1
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- published30 Apr 2025
- disclosed4 Apr 2018
Introduced: 4 Apr 2018
CVE-2018-9234 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 gnupg2-smime to version 0:2.0.28-2.32.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-1045.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnupg2-smime package and not the gnupg2-smime package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.
GnuPG 2.2.4 and 2.2.5 does not enforce a configuration in which key certification requires an offline master Certify key, which results in apparently valid certifications that occurred only with access to a signing subkey.