CVE-2014-4617
Public on 2014-06-25
Modified on 2019-05-03
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.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | gnupg | 2014-07-23 | ALAS-2014-378 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | gnupg2 | 2014-07-23 | ALAS-2014-379 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | gnupg2 | 2019-05-02 | ALAS2-2019-1203 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |