CVE-2001-0522

Summary

CVECVE-2001-0522
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-08-14 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-05-03 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in Gnu Privacy Guard (aka GnuPG or gpg) 1.05 and earlier can allow an attacker to gain privileges via format strings in the original filename that is stored in an encrypted file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 7.1 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 7.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 8.0 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 7.1 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 7.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IMNX-2001-70-023-01 IMMUNIX download.immunix.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#403051 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
GnuPG Format String Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Debian GNU/Linux -- Security Information -- DSA-061-1 gnupg DEBIAN www.debian.org
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
GnuPG - What's New CONFIRM www.gnupg.org
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq BUGTRAQ online.securityfocus.com
MandrakeSoft Update Advisory MDKSA-2001:053 : gnupg MANDRAKE www.linux-mandrake.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[TL-Security-Announce] TLSA2001028 gnupg-1.0.6-1 TURBO www.turbolinux.com
404 Not Found OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Xinuos Inc. | Support | Security | Advisories | Document Not Found CALDERA www.calderasystems.com
404 Page Not Found | SUSE SUSE www.novell.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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