CVE-2014-4617

Description

The do_uncompress function in g10/compress.c in GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.17 and 2.x before 2.0.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed compressed packets, as demonstrated by an a3 01 5b ff byte sequence.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.60% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gnupg.org Vendor Advisory gnupg.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/59351 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59578 third party advisory
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000345.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2967 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00010.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=014b2103fcb12f261135e3954f26e9e07b39e342
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2258-1 vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2968 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=11fdfcf82bd8d2b5bc38292a29876e10770f4b0a
http://secunia.com/advisories/59534 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59213 third party advisory
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000344.html mailing list vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-4617?
CVE-2014-4617 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-4617?
To fix CVE-2014-4617, 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-2014-4617 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-4617 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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