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Ubuntu: (CVE-2022-3219): gnupg vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Feb 23, 2023

Added

Jun 26, 2025

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

GnuPG can be made to spin on a relatively small input by (for example) crafting a public key with thousands of signatures attached, compressed down to just a few KB.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package

References

CVE-2022-3219
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-3219
CWE-787
EUVD-EUVD-2022-42633
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3219
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-42633
https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=165696590211434&w=4
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3219

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