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Red Hat: CVE-2015-1606: gnupg2: invalid memory read using a garbled keyring

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2015-1606: gnupg2: invalid memory read using a garbled keyring
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2019-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2015, 1606, gnupg2, no-fix-redhat-rpm-package, Severity 4

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Nov 20, 2019

Added

Jul 9, 2025

Modified

Jul 9, 2025

Description

The keyring DB in GnuPG before 2.1.2 does not properly handle invalid packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and use-after-free) via a crafted keyring file.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package

References

NVD-CVE-2015-1606

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