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Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting gnupg2 package, versions <2.2.4-1ubuntu1.2

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.25% (65th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high
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SUSE
5 medium
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Red Hat
5.4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-GNUPG2-340463
  • published 20 Dec 2018
  • disclosed 20 Dec 2018
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Introduced: 20 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-1000858 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-352 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 gnupg2 to version 2.2.4-1ubuntu1.2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

GnuPG version 2.1.12 - 2.2.11 contains a Cross ite Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in dirmngr that can result in Attacker controlled CSRF, Information Disclosure, DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim must perform a WKD request, e.g. enter an email address in the composer window of Thunderbird/Enigmail. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 4a4bb874f63741026bd26264c43bb32b1099f060.