CVE-2016-4021

The read_binary function in buffer.c in pgpdump before 0.30 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via crafted input, as demonstrated by the \xa3\x03 string.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2016-030.txt	Exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184689.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183750.html
https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/pgpdump/pull/16
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184617.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Apr/99	Exploit

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pgpdump_project:pgpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-05-26 07:59

Updated : 2016-06-15 11:45

NVD link : CVE-2016-4021

Mitre link : CVE-2016-4021

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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Products Affected

pgpdump_project

pgpdump

fedoraproject

fedora

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