CVE-2016-4021 (GCVE-0-2016-4021)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-26 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Apr/99 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikati… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/pgpdump/pull/16 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2016-04-12 00:00
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