CVE-2015-1606

Publication date 16 February 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The keyring DB in GnuPG before 2.1.2 does not properly handle invalid packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and use-after-free) via a crafted keyring file.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gnupg	14.10 utopic	Fixed 1.4.16-1.2ubuntu1.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.4.16-1ubuntu2.3
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.4.11-3ubuntu2.9
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1.4.10-2ubuntu1.8
gnupg2	14.10 utopic	Fixed 2.0.24-1ubuntu2.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.0.22-3ubuntu1.3
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.0.17-2ubuntu2.12.04.6
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
gnupg	Upstream: http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commit;h=81d3e541326e94d26a953aa70afc3cb149d11ebe
gnupg2	Upstream: http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commit;h=f0f71a721ccd7ab9e40b8b6b028b59632c0cc648 Upstream: http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git;a=commit;h=824d88ac51b4d680f06e68f0879a7c1ec03cb2ba

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2554-1
GnuPG vulnerabilities
1 April 2015