CVE-2006-6169
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Summary:
Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ask_outfile_name function in openfile.c for GnuPG (gpg) 1.4 and 2.0, when running interactively, might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via messages with "C-escape" expansions, which cause the make_printable_string function to return a longer string than expected while constructing a prompt.
References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061201-01-P.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/23094, http://secunia.com/advisories/23110, http://secunia.com/advisories/23146, http://secunia.com/advisories/23161, http://secunia.com/advisories/23171, http://secunia.com/advisories/23250, http://secunia.com/advisories/23269, http://secunia.com/advisories/23284, http://secunia.com/advisories/23299, http://secunia.com/advisories/23303, http://secunia.com/advisories/23513, http://secunia.com/advisories/24047, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-03.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1231, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:221, http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.037.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-393-2, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4736, http://secunia.com/advisories/23094, http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q4/000241.html, http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0004.html, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1927, http://securitytracker.com/id?1017291, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-047.htm, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0754.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452829/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453253/100/100/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21306, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0068/, https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue728, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30550, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-826, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11228
