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CVE-2012-6085 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f0b33b6fb8e0586e9584a7a409dcc31263776a67 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095513.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095516.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1459.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:001 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/01/6 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57102 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1682-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1455 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891142 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80990 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-6085
NVD Published Date:
01/23/2013
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.