Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package python-gnupg (opens in a new tab)
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- published31 Jan 2019
- disclosed21 Mar 2019
Introduced: 31 Jan 2019
CVE-2019-6690 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:22.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-gnupg package and not the python-gnupg package as distributed by Ubuntu.
python-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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-6690
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jan/41
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00021.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6690
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3WMV6XNPPL3VB3RQRFFOBCJ3AGWC4K47/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X4VFRUG56542LTYK4444TPJBGR57MT25/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W6KYZMN2PWXY4ENZVJUVTGFBVYEVY7II/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151341/Python-GnuPG-0.4.3-Improper-Input-Validation.html
- https://blog.hackeriet.no/cve-2019-6690-python-gnupg-vulnerability/
- https://pypi.org/project/python-gnupg/#history
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-02/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-02/msg00058.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106756
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3964-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00027.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3WMV6XNPPL3VB3RQRFFOBCJ3AGWC4K47/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W6KYZMN2PWXY4ENZVJUVTGFBVYEVY7II/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X4VFRUG56542LTYK4444TPJBGR57MT25/