DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4021

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4021
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4021.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4021
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2016-05-26T14:59:01.167Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:01:13.976084Z
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pgpdump

Package

Name
pgpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pgpdump?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.31-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4021.json"

Debian:12 / pgpdump

Package

Name
pgpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pgpdump?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.31-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4021.json"

Debian:13 / pgpdump

Package

Name
pgpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pgpdump?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.31-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4021.json"

Debian:14 / pgpdump

Package

Name
pgpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pgpdump?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.31-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4021.json"