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CVE-2006-6169

Date: November 29, 2006

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ask_outfile_name function in openfile.c for GnuPG (gpg) 1.4 and 2.0, when running interactively, might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via messages with "C-escape" expansions, which cause the make_printable_string function to return a longer string than expected while constructing a prompt.

Severity Score

5.6

Related Resources (37)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6169

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1231

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23161

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452829/100/0/threaded

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-047.htm

Url: http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q4/000241.html

Url: http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.037.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453253/100/100/threaded

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21306

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-03.xml

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23513

Url: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061201-01-P.asc

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11228

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23250

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23110

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23299

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4736

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1017291

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/24047

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23171

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0754.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23094

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-393-2

Url: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0004.html

Url: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1927

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23303

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23269

Url: http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0068/

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30550

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-826

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2006-6169

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23284

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:221

Url: https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue728

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23146

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-6169

Severity Score

5.6

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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Date: November 29, 2006

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