CVE-2016-4021
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 26, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 14, 2016
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- 20160418 CVE-2016-4021: pgpdump 0.29 - Endless loop parsing specially crafted input (SYSS-2016-030)mailing-list
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2016-030.txt
- FEDORA-2016-5733ad20f5vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2016-8f4b54b005vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2016-6fd7a31d36vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/pgpdump/pull/16
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