Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency Affecting pgp package, versions <0.14.1
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- published6 Dec 2024
- disclosed6 Dec 2024
- creditinvd
Introduced: 6 Dec 2024
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How to fix?
Upgrade pgp to version 0.14.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency via the processing of crafted data. An attacker can cause the application to crash by providing malformed input.
Note: According to the reporter, this can happen in the following scenarios:
- Parsing OpenPGP messages from binary or armor format
- Decrypting OpenPGP messages via
decrypt_with_password() - Parsing or converting public keys
- Parsing signed cleartext messages from armor format
- Using malformed private keys to sign or encrypt