#VU31993 Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in GnuPG - CVE-2019-14855

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#VU31993 Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in GnuPG - CVE-2019-14855

Published: March 20, 2020 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31993
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14855
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
GnuPG
Software vendor:
GNU

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

A flaw was found in the way certificate signatures could be forged using collisions found in the SHA-1 algorithm. An attacker could use this weakness to create forged certificate signatures. This issue affects GnuPG versions before 2.2.18.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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