CVE-2014-9087

Publication date 26 November 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gnupg2 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
libksba 14.10 utopic
Fixed 1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.2.0-2ubuntu0.1
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

affects gnupg2 2.1 only

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libksba