CVE-2012-6085

NameCVE-2012-6085
DescriptionThe read_block function in g10/import.c in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 2.0.x through 2.0.19, when importing a key, allows remote attackers to corrupt the public keyring database or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted length field of an OpenPGP packet.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2601-1
Debian Bugs697108, 697251

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
gnupg2 (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2.2.27-2+deb11u2fixed
bookworm2.2.40-1.1fixed
sid, trixie2.2.45-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gnupgsourcesqueeze1.4.10-4+squeeze1DSA-2601-1
gnupgsource(unstable)1.4.12-7697108
gnupg2sourcesqueeze2.0.14-2+squeeze1DSA-2601-1
gnupg2source(unstable)2.0.19-2697251
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