CVE-2006-3746

Public Exploit

Description

Integer overflow in parse_comment in GnuPG (gpg) 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted message.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 32.69% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory lwn.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21329	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0615.html	vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/gnupg.CVE-2006-3746.diff?bug=381204%3Bmsg=15%3Batt=1
http://secunia.com/advisories/21297	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3123	vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11347	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/21300	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21326	third party advisory
http://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-560
http://secunia.com/advisories/21598	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28220	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1140	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19110	vdb entry exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/21351	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21522	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21333	third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-164.htm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=200502	exploit
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gnupg/devel/37623	mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:141	vendor advisory
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-July/003354.html	mailing list exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-332-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21378	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016622	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/27664	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21346	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442621/100/100/threaded	mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-08.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1141	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442012/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/21306	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21524	third party advisory
http://lwn.net/Alerts/194228/	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3746?: CVE-2006-3746 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3746?: To fix CVE-2006-3746, 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-2006-3746 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-3746 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~33% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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