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


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (gnupg2)ELSA-2018-21802018-07-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (gnupg2)ELSA-2018-21812018-07-11
Oracle VM version 3.3 (gnupg2)OVMSA-2018-02392018-07-12
Oracle VM version 3.4 (gnupg2)OVMSA-2018-02392018-07-12



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