DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6085

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6085

    Published: 24 Jan 2013Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-6085

    Summary:

    Details: The read_block function in g10/import.c in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 2.0.x through 2.0.19, when importing a key, allows remote attackers to corrupt the public keyring database or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted length field of an OpenPGP packet.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6085

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnupg2

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/gnupg2?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.19-2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High