CVE-2003-0255

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0255
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-05-27 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-05-03 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe key validation code in GnuPG before 1.2.2 does not properly determine the validity of keys with multiple user IDs and assigns the greatest validity of the most valid user ID, which prevents GnuPG from warning the encrypting user when a user ID does not have a trusted path.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Privacy Guard All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
LinuxSecurity.com: Gentoo: gnupg key validation bug MISC www.linuxsecurity.com
'[slackware-security] GnuPG key validation fix (SSA:2003-141-04)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
'[ESA-20030515-016] 'gnupg' key validation bug.' - MARC ENGARDE marc.info
Mandriva Security Advisories MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#397604 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
4947 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
GNU Privacy Guard Insecure Trust Path To User ID Weakness BID www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'Key validity bug in GnuPG 1.2.1 and earlier' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
404 Not Found TURBO www.turbolinux.com
LinuxSecurity.com: EnGarde: 'gnupg' key validation bug ENGARDE www.linuxsecurity.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2003.029] OpenPKG Security Advisory (gnupg)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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