CVE-2003-0255

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0255
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-05-27 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Privacy Guard All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'[slackware-security] GnuPG key validation fix (SSA:2003-141-04)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.turbolinux.com
Mandriva Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
LinuxSecurity.com: EnGarde: 'gnupg' key validation bug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linuxsecurity.com
GNU Privacy Guard Insecure Trust Path To User ID Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
'[ESA-20030515-016] 'gnupg' key validation bug.' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'Key validity bug in GnuPG 1.2.1 and earlier' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[OpenPKG-SA-2003.029] OpenPKG Security Advisory (gnupg)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#397604 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
LinuxSecurity.com: Gentoo: gnupg key validation bug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linuxsecurity.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/4947 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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