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<h1>Security update for gpg2</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:20080-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-01-14T10:23:16Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255715">bsc#1255715</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256244">bsc#1256244</a>
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256246">bsc#1256246</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256390">bsc#1256390</a>
</li>
</ul>
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Cross-References:
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68973.html">CVE-2025-68973</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-68973</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
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<span class="cvss-score">8.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-68973</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-68973</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for gpg2 fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2025-68973: out-of-bounds write when processing specially crafted input in the armor parser can lead to memory corruption (bsc#1255715).</li>
</ul>
<p>Other security fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>gpg: Avoid potential downgrade to SHA1 in 3rd party key signatures (bsc#1256246).</li>
<li>gpg: Error out on unverified output for non-detached signatures (bsc#1256244).</li>
<li>gpg: Deprecate the option --not-dash-escaped (bsc#1256390).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-138=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-138=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>gpg2-debugsource-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
<li>gpg2-tpm-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
<li>dirmngr-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
<li>gpg2-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
<li>gpg2-tpm-debuginfo-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
<li>dirmngr-debuginfo-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
<li>gpg2-debuginfo-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>gpg2-lang-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>gpg2-debugsource-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
<li>gpg2-tpm-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
<li>dirmngr-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
<li>gpg2-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
<li>gpg2-tpm-debuginfo-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
<li>dirmngr-debuginfo-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
<li>gpg2-debuginfo-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>gpg2-lang-2.5.5-160000.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68973.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68973.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255715">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255715</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256244">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256244</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256246">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256246</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256390">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256390</a>
</li>
</ul>
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