Bug 2425718

Summary:	CVE-2025-68973 gnupg2: GnuPG: Information disclosure and potential arbitrary code execution via out-of-bounds write [fedora-42]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Sandipan Roy <saroy>
Component:	gnupg2	Assignee:	Jakub Jelen <jjelen>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	42	CC:	bcl, crypto-team, jjelen, tm
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security, SecurityTracking
Target Release:	---	Flags:	fedora-admin-xmlrpc: mirror+
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	{"flaws": ["dfa58b7c-9a48-4947-889e-2637a7e58d26"]}
Fixed In Version:	gnupg2-2.4.9-1.fc42	Doc Type:	---
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Last Closed:	2026-01-06 00:53:52 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Description Sandipan Roy 2025-12-29 08:13:40 UTC

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https://spaces.redhat.com/display/PRODSEC/Vulnerability+Management+-+Essential+Documents+for+Engineering+Teams

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-01-02 10:08:24 UTC

FEDORA-2026-e630ec5c0a (gnupg2-2.4.9-1.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-e630ec5c0a

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-01-03 01:41:20 UTC

FEDORA-2026-e630ec5c0a has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-e630ec5c0a`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-e630ec5c0a

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-01-06 00:53:52 UTC

FEDORA-2026-e630ec5c0a (gnupg2-2.4.9-1.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.