CVE-2018-12020

CVE Details

Release Date:

2018-06-08

Description

mainproc.c in GnuPG before 2.2.8 mishandles the original filenameduring decryption and verification actions, which allows remote attackers to spoof the output that GnuPG sends on file descriptor 2 to other programs that use the --status-fd 2 option. For example, the OpenPGP data might represent an original filename that contains line feed characters in conjunction with GOODSIG or VALIDSIG status codes.

See more information about CVE-2018-12020 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (gnupg2)	ELSA-2018-2180	2018-07-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (gnupg2)	ELSA-2018-2181	2018-07-11
Oracle VM version 3.3 (gnupg2)	OVMSA-2018-0239	2018-07-12
Oracle VM version 3.4 (gnupg2)	OVMSA-2018-0239	2018-07-12

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