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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2005-0366 Detail

Description

The integrity check feature in OpenPGP, when handling a message that was encrypted using cipher feedback (CFB) mode, allows remote attackers to recover part of the plaintext via a chosen-ciphertext attack when the first 2 bytes of a message block are known, and an oracle or other mechanism is available to determine whether an integrity check failed.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.0 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/033 Third Party Advisory 
http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/033 Third Party Advisory 
http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/033.pdf Technical Description  Third Party Advisory 
http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/033.pdf Technical Description  Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013166 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013166 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-29.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-29.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/303094 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/303094 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:057 Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:057 Broken Link 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_sr.html Broken Link 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_sr.html Broken Link 
http://www.osvdb.org/13775 Broken Link 
http://www.osvdb.org/13775 Broken Link 
http://www.pgp.com/library/ctocorner/openpgp.html Broken Link 
http://www.pgp.com/library/ctocorner/openpgp.html Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12529 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12529 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		Up to (excluding)
1.4.1

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-0366
NVD Published Date:
05/02/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE