CVE-2006-6235

Summary

CVECVE-2006-6235
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-07 11:28:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-17 21:47:00 UTC
DescriptionA "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to dereference a function pointer from deallocated stack memory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.4.2.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.4.3 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.4.4 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.4.5 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.9.10 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.9.15 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.9.20 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 2.0 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 2.0.1 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
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.4.2.2 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.4.3 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.4.4 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.4.5 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.9.10 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.9.15 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 1.9.20 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 2.0 All All All
Application Gnu Privacy Guard 2.0.1 All All All
Application Gpg4win Gpg4win 1.0.7 All All All
Application Gpg4win Gpg4win 1.0.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All itanium_processor All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All itanium_processor All
Operating System Rpath Linux 1 All All All
Operating System Rpath Linux 1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#427009 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Avaya Products GnuPG Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-393-2: GnuPG2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
OpenPKG Corporation: Security: Security Advisories OPENPKG www.openpkg.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Mandriva update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1231-1 gnupg DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-393-1: GnuPG vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Patch
404 Not Found MLIST lists.gnupg.org
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: gpg (SUSE-SA:2006:075) SUSE lists.suse.com
GnuPG OpenPGP Message Decryption Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
GnuPG OpenPGP Packet Processing Function Pointer Overwrite Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory
rPath update for gnupg - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
20061201-01-P SGI patches.sgi.com
GnuPG OpenPGP Packet Stack Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Slackware update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GnuPG: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Trustix update for gnupg and proftpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
ASA-2007-047 (RHSA-2006-0754) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
Debian update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2006:228 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Ubuntu update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SUSE update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Gentoo update for gnupg - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-835 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
2006-0070 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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