Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting gnupg2 package, versions <2.2.4-1ubuntu1.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-GNUPG2-2940674
  • published 4 Jul 2022
  • disclosed 1 Jul 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 gnupg2 to version 2.2.4-1ubuntu1.6 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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