Bug 2425767

Summary:	CVE-2025-68972 gnupg2: GnuPG: Signature bypass via form feed character in signed messages [fedora-43]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Marco Benatto <mbenatto>
Component:	gnupg2	Assignee:	Jakub Jelen <jjelen>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	43	CC:	bcl, crypto-team, jjelen, tm
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security, SecurityTracking
Target Release:	---	Flags:	fedora-admin-xmlrpc: mirror+
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	{"flaws": ["6ecfe99f-deab-4093-bc53-812babfec788"]}
Fixed In Version:	gnupg2-2.4.9-1.fc43	Doc Type:	---
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Last Closed:	2026-01-05 01:21:53 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	2425646

Description Marco Benatto 2025-12-29 13:57:20 UTC

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Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-01-02 09:35:18 UTC

FEDORA-2026-acea06489d (gnupg2-2.4.9-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-acea06489d

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-01-03 01:16:51 UTC

FEDORA-2026-acea06489d has been pushed to the Fedora 43 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-acea06489d`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-acea06489d

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

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-01-05 01:21:53 UTC

FEDORA-2026-acea06489d (gnupg2-2.4.9-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.