CVE-2015-1606

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1606
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-20 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:24:00 UTC
DescriptionThe keyring DB in GnuPG before 2.1.2 does not properly handle invalid packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and use-after-free) via a crafted keyring file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Gnupg Gnupg All All All All
Application Gnupg Gnupg All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.gnupg.org Git - gnupg.git/commit git.gnupg.org
GnuPG Memory Corruption Flaws Have Unspecified Impact - SecurityTracker MISC www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3184-1 gnupg MISC www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Multiple issues in GnuPG found through keyring fuzzing (TFPA 001/2015) | The Fuzzing Project MISC blog.fuzzing-project.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Multiple issues in GnuPG found through keyring fuzzing (TFPA 001/2015) MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
git.gnupg.org Git - gnupg.git/commit MISC git.gnupg.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Multiple issues in GnuPG found through keyring fuzzing (TFPA 001/2015) MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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