CVE-2006-6169
N/A
Published: November 29, 2006 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGnuPG
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ask_outfile_name function in openfile.c for GnuPG (gpg) 1.4 and 2.0, when running interactively, might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via messages with "C-escape" expansions, which cause the make_printable_string function to return a longer string than expected while constructing a prompt.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (34)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061201-01-P.ascMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q4/000241.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0004.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23094Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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