CVE-2016-4021
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4021
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4021.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4021
- Related
- Published
- 2016-05-26T14:59:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-12T13:33:17.074611Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The read_binary function in buffer.c in pgpdump before 0.30 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via crafted input, as demonstrated by the \xa3\x03 string.
- References
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- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Apr/99
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2016-030.txt
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183750.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184617.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184689.html
- https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/pgpdump/pull/16
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4021
Affected packages
Debian:11 / pgpdump
Package
- Name
- pgpdump
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pgpdump?arch=source
Debian:12 / pgpdump
Package
- Name
- pgpdump
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pgpdump?arch=source
Debian:13 / pgpdump
Package
- Name
- pgpdump
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pgpdump?arch=source