CVE-2005-0366

Description

The integrity check feature in OpenPGP, when handling a message that was encrypted using cipher feedback (CFB) mode, allows remote attackers to recover part of the plaintext via a chosen-ciphertext attack when the first 2 bytes of a message block are known, and an oracle or other mechanism is available to determine whether an integrity check failed.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.68% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory novell.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-29.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/13775 vdb entry broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:057 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/303094 third party advisory us government resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013166 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.pgp.com/library/ctocorner/openpgp.html broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12529 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_sr.html vendor advisory broken link
http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/033.pdf third party advisory technical description
http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/033 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-0366?
CVE-2005-0366 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-0366?
To fix CVE-2005-0366, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-0366 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-0366 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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