SB2014120102 - Integer underflow in www.gnupg libksba
Published: December 1, 2014 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014120102
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Integer underflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9087)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Integer underflow in the ksba_oid_to_str function in Libksba before 1.3.2, as used in GnuPG, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted OID in a (1) S/MIME message or (2) ECC based OpenPGP data, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0498.html
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q4/000359.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60073
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60189
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60233
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3078
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:234
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:151
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71285
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2427-1
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/2-Buffer-overflow-and-other-minor-issues-in-GnuPG-and-libksba-TFPA-0012014.html