CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-1606
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-11-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
The keyring DB in GnuPG before 2.1.2 does not properly handle invalid packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and use-after-free) via a crafted keyring file.
Affected configurations
• gnupg gnupg (< 2.1.2)
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f0f71a721ccd7ab9e40b8b6b028b59632c0cc648 git.gnupg.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3184 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/13/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/14/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031876 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/5-Multiple-issues-in-GnuPG-found-through-keyring-fuzzing-TFPA-0012015.html Third Party Advisory
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f0f71a721ccd7ab9e40b8b6b028b59632c0cc648 git.gnupg.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3184 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/13/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/14/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031876 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/5-Multiple-issues-in-GnuPG-found-through-keyring-fuzzing-TFPA-0012015.html Third Party Advisory