CVE-2005-2023
The send_pinentry_environment function in asshelp.c in gpg2 on SUSE Linux 9.3 does not properly handle certain options, which can prevent pinentry from being found and causes S/MIME signing to fail.
02 Description
The send_pinentry_environment function in asshelp.c in gpg2 on SUSE Linux 9.3 does not properly handle certain options, which can prevent pinentry from being found and causes S/MIME signing to fail.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-06-21 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-06-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f699b17d280b12f4b4bcb456dc2650f8cd45ee8df66137d0345a3405f489e822
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.gnupg.org[gpa-dev] 20050603 Re: S/MIME signing fails on a SUSE 9.3 systemhttp://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gpa-dev/2005-June/002291.html
- lists.gnupg.org[gpa-dev] 20050531 S/MIME signing fails on a SUSE 9.3 systemhttps://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gpa-dev/2005-May/002284.html
- lists.gnupg.org[gpa-dev] 20050603 Re: S/MIME signing fails on a SUSE 9.3 systemhttp://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gpa-dev/2005-June/002294.html
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2005:016http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_sr.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gnupg2 Fixed in 1.9.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gnupg2 Fixed in 1.9.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gnupg2 Fixed in 1.9.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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