CVE-2006-0049

Summary

CVECVE-2006-0049
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-03-13 21:06:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptiongpg in GnuPG before 1.4.2.2 does not properly verify non-detached signatures, which allows attackers to inject unsigned data via a data packet that is not associated with a control packet, which causes the check for concatenated signatures to report that the signature is valid, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0455.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.044810000 probability, percentile 0.891170000 (date 2026-04-17)

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.1 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.3 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.3b All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.4 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.5 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.6 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.0.7 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.2 rc1 All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.3 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.4 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.5 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.6 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.2.7 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.3.3 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.3.4 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.4 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.4.1 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.4.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.4.2.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 4 Update: gnupg-1.4.2.2-1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: gpg signature checking problems (SUSE-SA:2006:014) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.suse.de
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - Slackware update for gnupg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for gnupg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.slackware.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityReason af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
USN-264-1: gnupg vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
Secunia - Advisories - Trustix update for gnupg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GnuPG: Incorrect signature verification af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for gnupg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
GnuPG Unsigned Data Injection Detection Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - GnuPG May Fail to Detect the Injection of Unsigned Data af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-993-2 gnupg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
GnuPG Incorrect Non-Detached Signature Verification Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
SecurityReason af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.osvdb.org/23790 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Patch
[Announce] GnuPG does not detect injection of unsigned data af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnupg.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE update for gpg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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