National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-6085

Overview

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

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commitdiff;h=f0b33b6fb8e0586e9584a7a409dcc31263776a67

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commitdiff;h=f0b33b6fb8e0586e9584a7a409dcc31263776a67

External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891142

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891142

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1455

Hyperlink:https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1455

External Source: XF

Name: gnupg-public-keys-code-exec(80990)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/80990

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1682-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1682-1

External Source: BID

Name: 57102

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57102

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20130101 Re: GnuPG 1.4.12 and lower - memory access errors and keyring database corruption

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/01/6

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2013:001

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:001

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2013-0377

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095516.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2013-0148

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095513.html