VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-6085
The read_block function in g10/import.c in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 2.0.x through 2.0.19, when importing a key, allows remote attackers to corrupt the public keyring database or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted length…
MEDIUM 5.8EPSS 2.91%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.91%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The read_block function in g10/import.c in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 2.0.x through 2.0.19, when importing a key, allows remote attackers to corrupt the public keyring database or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted length field of an OpenPGP packet.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.91% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- gnupg/gnupg
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f0b33b6fb8e0586e9584a7a409dcc31263776a67
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095513.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095516.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1459.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:001
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/01/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57102
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1682-1
- https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1455Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891142
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80990
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f0b33b6fb8e0586e9584a7a409dcc31263776a67
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095513.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095516.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1459.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:001
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/01/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57102
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1682-1
- https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1455Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891142
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80990
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.