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HistoryFeb 19, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

K11785283 : GnuPG vulnerability CVE-2012-6085

2016-02-1900:00:00
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AI Score

6.1

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.048

Percentile

92.8%

Security Advisory 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. (CVE-2012-6085)
Impact
A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by way of a specially crafted OpenPGP packet to cause the keyring to be corrupted.
Note: This is only used directly in verification of ISOs and ASM signatures, which does open up some risk, but only during the verification process.