CVE-2001-0522

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-0522
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-08-14 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GnuPG Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-023-01 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.immunix.org
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#403051 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
[TL-Security-Announce] TLSA2001028 gnupg-1.0.6-1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.turbolinux.com
Xinuos Inc. | Support | Security | Advisories | Document Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.calderasystems.com
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
GnuPG - What's New af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gnupg.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian GNU/Linux -- Security Information -- DSA-061-1 gnupg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
404 Page Not Found | SUSE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
MandrakeSoft Update Advisory MDKSA-2001:053 : gnupg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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