A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in pgpdump up to 0.29. This affects the function read_binary of the file buffer.c. The manipulation with the input value \xa3\x03 leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The read_binary function in buffer.c in pgpdump before 0.30 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via crafted input, as demonstrated by the \xa3\x03 string.

The weakness was presented 05/26/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at syss.de. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-4021 since 04/14/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91064 (Fedora 22 : pgpdump-0.30-1.fc22 (2016-6fd7a31d36)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.30 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91064).

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• 0.22
• 0.23
• 0.24
• 0.25
• 0.26
• 0.27
• 0.28
• 0.29

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