Bug 218505 - CVE-2006-6169 GnuPG heap overflow
Summary: CVE-2006-6169 GnuPG heap overflow
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: gnupg
Version: 4.4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
QA Contact:
URL: https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue728
Whiteboard: impact=low,reported=20061128,source=g...
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Blocks: 218506
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-12-05 19:36 UTC by Lubomir Kundrak
Modified: 2007-11-17 01:14 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0754
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-12-06 17:54:14 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2006:0754 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: gnupg security update 2006-12-12 20:50:28 UTC

Description Lubomir Kundrak 2006-12-05 19:36:19 UTC 
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 4 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-12-06 17:54:14 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0754.html
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