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Vulnerability details: VCID-4566-ukkq-aaam
Vulnerability ID VCID-4566-ukkq-aaam
Aliases CVE-2006-6169
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0754
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217950
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6169
Reference id Reference type URL
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061201-01-P.asc
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q4/000241.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0004.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2006-6169.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-6169
https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue728
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6169
http://secunia.com/advisories/23094
http://secunia.com/advisories/23110
http://secunia.com/advisories/23146
http://secunia.com/advisories/23161
http://secunia.com/advisories/23171
http://secunia.com/advisories/23250
http://secunia.com/advisories/23269
http://secunia.com/advisories/23284
http://secunia.com/advisories/23299
http://secunia.com/advisories/23303
http://secunia.com/advisories/23513
http://secunia.com/advisories/24047
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-03.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1927
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017291
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30550
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-826
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11228
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-047.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1231
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:221
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.037.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0754.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452829/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453253/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21306
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0068/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-393-2
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4736
217950 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217950
400777 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400777
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2006-6169 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6169
GLSA-200612-03 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200612-03
RHSA-2006:0754 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0754
USN-393-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/393-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6169
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.84096
EPSS Score 0.02543
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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