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CVE-2011-2207

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Nov 27, 2019 | Modified: Dec 13, 2019
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.1 N/A
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2207
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html

dirmngr before 2.1.0 improperly handles certain system calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a specially-crafted certificate.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gnupg Gnupg * 2.1.0 (excluding)
Dirmngr Ubuntu hardy *
Dirmngr Ubuntu lucid *
Dirmngr Ubuntu maverick *
Dirmngr Ubuntu natty *
Dirmngr Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References

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