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CVE-2016-4021

Date: May 26, 2016

The read_binary function in buffer.c in pgpdump before 0.30 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via crafted input, as demonstrated by the \xa3\x03 string.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4021
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184617.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Apr/99
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4021
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183750.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4021
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184689.html
https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/pgpdump/pull/16
https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2016-030.txt
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-4021

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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