Improper Input Validation Affecting gnupg2 package, versions <2.0.24-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.32% (86th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-GNUPG2-340416
- published 25 Jun 2014
- disclosed 25 Jun 2014
Introduced: 25 Jun 2014
CVE-2014-4617 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
gnupg2
to version 2.0.24-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnupg2
package and not the gnupg2
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
The do_uncompress function in g10/compress.c in GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.17 and 2.x before 2.0.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed compressed packets, as demonstrated by an a3 01 5b ff byte sequence.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4617
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commit;h=014b2103fcb12f261135e3954f26e9e07b39e342
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commit;h=11fdfcf82bd8d2b5bc38292a29876e10770f4b0a
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2967
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2968
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000344.html
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000345.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00010.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59213
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59351
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59534
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59578
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-4617
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2258-1
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=014b2103fcb12f261135e3954f26e9e07b39e342
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=11fdfcf82bd8d2b5bc38292a29876e10770f4b0a