Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting gnupg2 package, versions <2.2.27-2+deb11u2


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.42% (74th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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SUSE
6.8 medium
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Red Hat
5.9 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GNUPG2-2939851
  • published 2 Jul 2022
  • disclosed 1 Jul 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 gnupg2 to version 2.2.27-2+deb11u2 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:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

GnuPG through 2.3.6, in unusual situations where an attacker possesses any secret-key information from a victim's keyring and other constraints (e.g., use of GPGME) are met, allows signature forgery via injection into the status line.