CVE-2014-4617 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in GnuPG by sending malformed compressed packets, requiring user interaction to process the data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-4617?
CVE-2014-4617 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 25 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The do_uncompress function in g10/compress.c in GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.17 and 2.x before 2.0.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed compressed packets, as demonstrated by an a3 01 5b ff byte sequence.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4617?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Gnupg Gnupg, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2014-4617?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-4617 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4617 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4617, DLA-0012-1, DLA-51-1, DSA-2967-1, DSA-2968-1, GHSA-x662-2943-q7qh and 3 more.