CVE-2008-1530

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1530
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-27 23:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionGnuPG (gpg) 1.4.8 and 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted duplicate keys that are imported from key servers, which triggers "memory corruption around deduplication of user IDs."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnupg Gnupg 1.4.8 All All All
Application Gnupg Gnupg 2.0.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
GnuPG Duplicated Key Import Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
GnuPG Duplicated IDs Memory Corruption - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
214990 – app-crypt/gnupg =1.4.8, =2.0.8 Memory corruption when importing keys (CVE-2008-1530) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
[Announce] GnuPG 1.4.9 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnupg.org
Issue 894: segv when importing keys with duplicated ids. - g10 Code's BTS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.g10code.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-03-28Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of gnupg packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 2.1, 3, 4 or 5.

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