CVE-2022-3219
Published: 23 February 2023
GnuPG can be made to spin on a relatively small input by (for example) crafting a public key with thousands of signatures attached, compressed down to just a few KB.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | per the upstream gnupg bug, the change will not be applied as of 2022-09-28, proposed patch has not been accepted by upstream developers |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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gnupg Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
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| focal |
Does not exist
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| jammy |
Does not exist
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| trusty |
Deferred
(2022-09-28)
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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| xenial |
Deferred
(2022-09-28)
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gnupg2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Deferred
(2022-09-28)
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| focal |
Deferred
(2022-09-28)
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| jammy |
Deferred
(2022-09-28)
|
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| kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was deferred [2022-09-28])
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| lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was deferred [2022-09-28])
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| mantic |
Deferred
(2022-09-28)
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| trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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| xenial |
Deferred
(2022-09-28)
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Patches: other: https://dev.gnupg.org/D556 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 3.3 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |