NVD - CVE-2014-4617

CVE-2014-4617 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

The do_uncompress function in g10/compress.c in GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.17 and 2.x before 2.0.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed compressed packets, as demonstrated by an a3 01 5b ff byte sequence.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 06/25/2014

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commit;h=014b2103fcb12f261135e3954f26e9e07b39e342	Issue Tracking Patch
http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commit;h=11fdfcf82bd8d2b5bc38292a29876e10770f4b0a	Issue Tracking Patch
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000344.html	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000345.html	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00010.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59351
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2967
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2968	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2258-1

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Input Validation (CWE-20)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Change History

8 change records found - show changes

Modified Analysis - 9/7/2016 1:09:39 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 3318 characters. View Entire Change Record Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.23::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.22::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.10::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.11::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.12::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.13::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.14::::*:	Record truncated, showing 500 of 3537 characters. View Entire Change Record Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.23::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.22::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.10::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.11::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.12::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.13::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.14::::*:
Changed	Reference Type	http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commit;h=014b2103fcb12f261135e3954f26e9e07b39e342 Patch	http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commit;h=014b2103fcb12f261135e3954f26e9e07b39e342 Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commit;h=11fdfcf82bd8d2b5bc38292a29876e10770f4b0a Patch	http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commit;h=11fdfcf82bd8d2b5bc38292a29876e10770f4b0a Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000344.html Vendor Advisory	http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000344.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000345.html Vendor Advisory	http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000345.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00010.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2968 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2968 Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-4617
NVD Published Date:
06/25/2014
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018

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CVE-2014-4617 Detail

Description

Impact

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Technical Details

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Change History

CPE Deprecation Remap - 10/30/2018 12:27:35 PM

CPE Deprecation Remap - 10/30/2018 12:27:34 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE - 12/27/2017 9:29:02 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE - 12/20/2017 9:29:02 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE - 1/6/2017 10:00:21 PM

CVE Modified by Source - 10/24/2016 9:59:39 PM

Modified Analysis - 9/7/2016 1:09:39 PM

Initial CVE Analysis - 6/25/2014 11:01:21 AM

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