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Status published
Critical
CVE-2006-6235
A "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6,...
Vulnerability Description
A "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to dereference a function pointer from deallocated stack memory.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017349
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23269
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23303
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453723/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23255
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-393-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23513
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23284
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-393-2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23245
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q4/000491.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/427009
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0754.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1231
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453664/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23335
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23299
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21462
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0070
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23329
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-03.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23259
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:228
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23290
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-835
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0004.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-047.htm
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4881
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11245
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23250
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061201-01-P.asc
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30711
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.037.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24047
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
privacy guard, gpg4win, enterprise linux, enterprise linux desktop, fedora core, linux advanced workstation, linux, slackware linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.2.1, 1.4.2.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.9.10, 1.9.15, 1.9.20, 2.0, 2.0.1, 1.0.7, 4.0, 3.0, core_5.0, core6, 2.1, 1, 11.0, 5.10, 6.06
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 7th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.