CVE-2006-6235
A "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to
02 Description
A "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to
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
- 5.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.0% 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
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2006-12-07 11:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-12-02
- 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
- 59ff3bbbe9422a32361eb1585b53b5749e1aa327df07b0975116919409fd7fcf
05 Affected products
06 References
- securitytracker.com1017349http://securitytracker.com/id?1017349
- secunia.com23269http://secunia.com/advisories/23269
- secunia.com23303http://secunia.com/advisories/23303
- www.securityfocus.com20061206 rPSA-2006-0227-1 gnupghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453723/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com23255http://secunia.com/advisories/23255
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-393-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-393-1
- secunia.com23513http://secunia.com/advisories/23513
- secunia.com23284http://secunia.com/advisories/23284
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-393-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-393-2
- secunia.com23245http://secunia.com/advisories/23245
- lists.gnupg.org[gnupg-announce] GnuPG: remotely controllable function pointer [CVE-2006-6235]http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q4/000491.html
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#427009http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/427009
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2006:028http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0754http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0754.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1231http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1231
- www.securityfocus.com20061206 GnuPG: remotely controllable function pointer [CVE-2006-6235]http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453664/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com23335http://secunia.com/advisories/23335
- secunia.com23299http://secunia.com/advisories/23299
- www.securityfocus.com21462http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21462
- www.trustix.org2006-0070http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0070
- secunia.com23329http://secunia.com/advisories/23329
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200612-03http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-03.xml
- secunia.com23259http://secunia.com/advisories/23259
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:228http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:228
- secunia.com23290http://secunia.com/advisories/23290
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-835
- lists.suse.comSUSE-SA:2006:075http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0004.html
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-047.htm
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4881http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4881
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11245https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11245
- secunia.com23250http://secunia.com/advisories/23250
- patches.sgi.com20061201-01-Pftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061201-01-P.asc
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgnupg-openpgp-code-execution(30711)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30711
- www.openpkg.comOpenPKG-SA-2006.037http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.037.html
- secunia.com24047http://secunia.com/advisories/24047
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gnupg2 Fixed in 2.0.0-5.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gnupg2 Fixed in 2.0.0-5.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gnupg2 Fixed in 2.0.0-5.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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