Improper Input Validation Affecting gnupg2 package, versions <2.0.24-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.31% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-GNUPG2-1547266
  • published25 Jun 2014
  • disclosed25 Jun 2014

Introduced: 25 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-4617  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 gnupg2 to version 2.0.24-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnupg2 package and not the gnupg2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The do_uncompress function in g10/compress.c in GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.17 and 2.x before 2.0.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed compressed packets, as demonstrated by an a3 01 5b ff byte sequence.

CVSS Base Scores

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