CVE-2018-12020

CVE Details

Release Date:2018-06-08
Impact:None What is this?

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.

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


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 5.0
Vector String: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
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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