CVE-2012-6085
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-6085 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-01-24 01:55:03 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | The read_block function in g10/import.c in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 2.0.x through 2.0.19, when importing a key, allows remote attackers to corrupt the public keyring database or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted length field of an OpenPGP packet. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 1.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 1.4.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 1.4.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 1.4.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 1.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 1.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 1.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 1.4.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 1.4.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnupg | Gnupg | 2.0.8 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issue 1455: pubring.gpg corruption on invalid public key - g10 Code's BTS | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.g10code.com | Exploit |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:001 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: gnupg-1.4.13-2.fc18 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| USN-1682-1: GnuPG vulnerability | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| 891142 – (CVE-2012-6085) CVE-2012-6085 GnuPG: read_block() corrupt key input validation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| oss-security - Re: GnuPG 1.4.12 and lower - memory access errors and keyring database corruption | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: gnupg2-2.0.19-7.fc18 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| GnuPG CVE-2012-6085 Multiple Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| git.gnupg.org Git - gnupg.git/commitdiff | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.gnupg.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| git.gnupg.org Git - gnupg.git/commitdiff | MITRE | git.gnupg.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com | CVE-2012-6085 | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.