UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9234

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-9234
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9234.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9234
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Published
2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:49Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

GnuPG 2.2.4 and 2.2.5 does not enforce a configuration in which key certification requires an offline master Certify key, which results in apparently valid certifications that occurred only with access to a signing subkey.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / gnupg2

Package

Name
gnupg2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnupg2@2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.15-1ubuntu8
2.2.4-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

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        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "dirmngr"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gnupg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gnupg-agent"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gnupg-l10n"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gnupg-utils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gnupg2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gpg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gpg-agent"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gpg-wks-client"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gpg-wks-server"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gpgconf"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gpgsm"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gpgv"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gpgv-static"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gpgv-win32"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gpgv2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "scdaemon"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}