Denial of Service Vulnerability in GnuPG Keyring DB

Denial of Service Vulnerability in GnuPG Keyring DB

CVE-2015-1606 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

The keyring DB in GnuPG before 2.1.2 does not properly handle invalid packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and use-after-free) via a crafted keyring file.

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