gunpg-agent doesnt work anymore in Intrepid
Bug #262959 reported by
John Vivirito
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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dpkg (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnupg2
gnupg-agent fails to work at all.
It fails to allow me to sign packages or even send email out, I have tried with different keys and still no luck.
If i remove gnupg-agent than everything works as it should.
I have package firegpg and i cant test it for Intrepid until this is fixed since firegpg using gpg-agent or gnupg-agent to import key, it uses either agent, i have also tried starting ~/.gnupg from scratch to see if the problem was within that dir. and its not. Im almost willing to consider this a security vulnerability.
Linux Development 2.6.27-1-generic #1 SMP Sat Aug 23 23:20:09 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
gnupg2 = 2.0.9-2
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seems to only be password related. tested with packaging, firegpg, changing key info using gpg --edit-key, and i also tested by generating new key, and changing password for new key and the output is below
You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "John Vivirito <email address hidden>"
1024-bit DSA key, ID 764D5E13, created 2008-09-01
gpg-agent[9325]: can't connect server: `ERR 67109133 can't exec `/usr/bin/ pinentry' : No such file or directory'
gpg-agent[9325]: can't connect to the PIN entry module: IPC connect call failed
gpg-agent[9325]: command get_passphrase failed: No pinentry
gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use
Enter the new passphrase for this secret key.
When ever i use gnupg-agent its seems it errors only on password being entered, it always says ".... failed password incorrect" I see this being a bug that is at least important since it has to do with encryption, decryption which in turn may affect the security of emails sent out or received. marking as important