CVE-2016-4021 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03123.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Pgpdump Project	Pgpdump

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pgpdump_project:pgpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Apr/99
https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/pgpdump/pull/16
https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2016-030.txt

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-05-26T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:17:29.854Z

Reserved: 2016-04-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4021

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-26T14:59:01.167

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-4021

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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