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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-6085: GnuPG, Libgcrypt: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-6085: GnuPG, Libgcrypt: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/23/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

The read_block function in g10/import.c in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 2.0.x through 2.0.19, when importing a key, allows remote attackers to corrupt the public keyring database or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted length field of an OpenPGP packet.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-crypt-gnupg
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libgcrypt

References

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