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GnuPG < 1.4.9 / 2.0.9 Key Import Duplicate ID Memory Corruption

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4451

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a critical security patch or upgrade.

Description

The remote host is running GnuPG.
This version is vulnerable to a memory corruption flaw when handling duplicate IDs from a public key server.

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.9, 2.0.9 or higher.

See Also

http://www.gnupg.org

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4451

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 3/28/2008

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gnupg:gnupg

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1530

BID: 28487