Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting gpg2 package, versions <2.2.5-150000.4.22.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES151-GPG2-3018720
  • published 8 Sep 2022
  • disclosed 7 Sep 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 gpg2 to version 2.2.5-150000.4.22.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gpg2 package and not the gpg2 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

GnuPG through 2.3.6, in unusual situations where an attacker possesses any secret-key information from a victim's keyring and other constraints (e.g., use of GPGME) are met, allows signature forgery via injection into the status line.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

6.8 medium
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Red Hat

5.9 medium