Gpg4Win Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Summary
This host is installed with Gpg4Win, as used in KDE Kleopatra and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Impact
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade Gpg4win to version 2.0.2 or later, For updates refer to http://www.gpg4win.org/download.html For Kleopatra, No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
Insight
The flaw is due to error in 'gpg2.exe' which can be exploited by persuading a victim to import a specially-crafted certificate containing an overly long signature.
Affected
Gpg4win version 2.0.1 KDE, Kleopatra version 2.0.11
References