Bug 218506

Summary: CVE-2006-6169 GnuPG heap overflow
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Lubomir Kundrak <lkundrak>
Component: gnupgAssignee: Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
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URL: https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue728
Whiteboard: impact=low,reported=20061128,source=gnupg,public=20061124
Fixed In Version: 1.4.6-2 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Lubomir Kundrak 2006-12-05 19:38:07 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #218505 +++

Description of problem:

If make_printable_string() returns a string longer than one given as an
argument, a heap-based buffer overflow occurs in openfile.c:ask_outfile_name()

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

RHEL-2.1, RHEL-3, RHEL-4, RHEL-5, FC-5, FC-6
Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2007-02-03 22:56:27 UTC 
This was fixed by the update to 1.4.6-2.  Closing.