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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-6085
The read_block function in g10/import.c in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.13...
Vulnerability 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.
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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891142
- https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1455
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57102
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095516.html
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f0b33b6fb8e0586e9584a7a409dcc31263776a67
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/01/6
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095513.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1459.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1682-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:001
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80990
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.4.0, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.8, 1.4.10, 1.4.11, 1.4.12, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.0.12, 2.0.13, 2.0.14, 2.0.15, 2.0.16, 2.0.17, 2.0.18, 2.0.19
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 24th, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.