Bug 2383774 (CVE-2024-58261)

Summary: CVE-2024-58261 sequoia-openpgp: Sequoia OpenPGP: RawCertParser Infinite Loop Vulnerability
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dbosanac, jreimann, mdessi, mrizzi, pcattana
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A flaw was found in sequoia-openpgp. Processing RawCertParser operations with unsupported primary key types triggers an infinite loop of error messages. This flaw allows a local attacker to provide a specially crafted certificate file, resulting in a denial of service due to resource exhaustion.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-07-27 20:01:11 UTC
The sequoia-openpgp crate 1.13.0 before 1.21.0 for Rust allows an infinite loop of "Reading a cert: Invalid operation: Not a Key packet" messages for RawCertParser operations that encounter an unsupported primary key type.