CVE-2006-0455

Summary

CVECVE-2006-0455
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-02-15 22:06:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 01:58:00 UTC
Descriptiongpgv in GnuPG before 1.4.2.1, when using unattended signature verification, returns a 0 exit code in certain cases even when the detached signature file does not carry a signature, which could cause programs that use gpgv to assume that the signature verification has succeeded. Note: this also occurs when running the equivalent command "gpg --verify".

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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 1.0 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian update for gnupg - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'[Announce] False positive signature verification in GnuPG' - MARC MLIST marc.info
Security Advisory SA18956 - Gentoo update for gnupg - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[Announce] False positive signature verification in GnuPG MLIST lists.gnupg.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GnuPG: Incorrect signature verification GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-978-1 gnupg DEBIAN www.us.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
usn/usn-252-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus FEDORA www.securityfocus.com
GnuPG Detached Signature Verification Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
Fedora update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
20060401-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
GnuPG "gpgv" Signature Verification Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
23221 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
OpenPKG Project: Security: Security Advisories OPENPKG www.openpkg.org Vendor Advisory
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Secunia - Advisories - SUSE update for gpg / liby2util SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
2006-0008 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
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Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE www.slackware.com Patch
Mandriva update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found FEDORA fedoranews.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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