Input validation error in GnuPG - CVE-2013-4402

Vulnerability identifier: #VU84047

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4402

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

GnuPG
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
gnupg
dev-libs/libgcrypt
app-crypt/gnupg
gnupg2
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator

Install updates from vendor's website.

GnuPG - addressed in versions 1.4.15, 2.0.22
gnupg - update to 1.4.15
dev-libs/libgcrypt - update to 1.5.3
app-crypt/gnupg - update to 2.0.22
gnupg2 - update to 2.0.22
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator - update to 2.3.9

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725433
• http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2013q4/000333.html
• http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2013q4/000334.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00020.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00025.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1459.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2773
• http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2774
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1987-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015685

• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator on Cloud Pak for Data
• Gentoo update for GnuPG, Libgcrypt
• Slackware Linux update for gnupg
• Slackware Linux update for gnupg2