CVE-2012-6085
N/A
Published: January 24, 2013 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGnuPG
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095513.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095516.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1459.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:001
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1682-1
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095513.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095516.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1459.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:001Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/01/6Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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