CVE-2019-6690

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-6690
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-21 16:01:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:13:00 UTC
Descriptionpython-gnupg 0.4.3 allows context-dependent attackers to trick gnupg to decrypt other ciphertext than intended. To perform the attack, the passphrase to gnupg must be controlled by the adversary and the ciphertext should be trusted. Related to a "CWE-20: Improper Input Validation" issue affecting the affect functionality component.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Application Python Python-gnupg 0.4.3 All All All
Application Python Python-gnupg 0.4.3 All All All
Application Suse Backports - All All All
Application Suse Backports - All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise 15.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise 15.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python-gnupg-0.4.6-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python-gnupg-0.4.6-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python-gnupg-0.4.4-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Bugtraq: CVE-2019-6690: Improper Input Validation in python-gnupg BUGTRAQ seclists.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:0143-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
CVE-2019-6690: Improper Input Validation in python-gnupg – Hackeriet MISC blog.hackeriet.no Third Party Advisory
python-gnupg · PyPI MISC pypi.org Product
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python-gnupg-0.4.4-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Python GnuPG 0.4.3 Improper Input Validation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:0239-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python-gnupg-0.4.6-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] [DLA 1675-1] python-gnupg security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2862-1] python-gnupg security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python-gnupg-0.4.6-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-3964-1: python-gnupg vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178969 Debian Security Update for python-gnupg (DLA 2862-1)
  • 981444 Python (pip) Security Update for python-gnupg (GHSA-2fch-jvg5-crf6)
  • 983462 Python (pip) Security Update for python-gnupg (GHSA-qh62-ch95-63wh)
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