USN-5503-2

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    USN-5503-2

    Published: 12 Jul 2022Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: gnupg, gnupg2 vulnerability

    Details: USN-5503-1 fixed a vulnerability in GnuPG. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Demi Marie Obenour discovered that GnuPG incorrectly handled injection in the status message. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to forge signatures.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnupg

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnupg?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.16-1ubuntu2.6+esm1

    Affected versions

    1.4.14-1ubuntu2
    1.4.15-1.1ubuntu1
    1.4.15-1.1ubuntu2
    1.4.15-2ubuntu1
    1.4.16-1ubuntu1
    1.4.16-1ubuntu2
    1.4.16-1ubuntu2.1
    1.4.16-1ubuntu2.3
    1.4.16-1ubuntu2.4
    1.4.16-1ubuntu2.5
    1.4.16-1ubuntu2.6

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    USN-5503-2 | CVE-DB