UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9234

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9234

    Published: 3 Apr 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-9234
    Aliases:
    USN-3675-1

    Summary:

    Details: GnuPG 2.2.4 and 2.2.5 does not enforce a configuration in which key certification requires an offline master Certify key, which results in apparently valid certifications that occurred only with access to a signing subkey.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-9234, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3675-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9234

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnupg2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    2.1.15-1ubuntu8

    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