CVE-2006-6169

: gnupg2 < 2.0.1 buffer overflow

Published Nov 29, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 3.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ask_outfile_name function in openfile.c for GnuPG (gpg) 1.4 and 2.0, when running interactively, might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via messages with "C-escape" expansions, which cause the make_printable_string function to return a longer string than expected while constructing a prompt.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1231-1 New gnupg packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-6152 Heap-based buffer overflow in the ask_outfile_name function in openfile.c for GnuPG (gpg) 1.4 and 2.0, when running interactively, might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via messages with "C-escape" expansions, which cause the make_printable_string function to return a longer string than expected while constructing a prompt.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-393-2 GnuPG2 vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061201-01-P.asc cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q4/000241.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0004.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23094 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23110 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23146 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23161 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23171 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23250 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23269 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23284 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23299 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23303 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23513 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/24047 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-03.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1927 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017291 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-047.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1231 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:221 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.037.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0754.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452829/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453253/100/100/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21306 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0068/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-393-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4736 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue728 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30550 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-826 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6169 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11228 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6169 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:19 PM
Reserved
Nov 29, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 29, 2006, 6:28 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Nov 24, 2006, 12:00 AM