CVE-2022-34903 Other in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers with partial key access can forge signatures via status line injection in GnuPG under specific GPGME conditions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-34903?

CVE-2022-34903 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

GnuPG through 2.3.6, in unusual situations where an attacker possesses any secret-key information from a victim's keyring and other constraints (e.g., use of GPGME) are met, allows signature forgery via injection into the status line.

Weakness: CWE-74

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34903?

It affects 5 products.

Linux distribution packages (40)
gnupg2 AlmaLinux:8All versions2.2.20-3.el8_6
gnupg2-smime AlmaLinux:8All versions2.2.20-3.el8_6
gnupg2 AlmaLinux:9All versions2.3.3-2.el9_0
gnupg2-smime AlmaLinux:9All versions2.3.3-2.el9_0
gnupg2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:2.2.20-3.el8_6
gnupg2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:2.2.20-3.el8_6
gnupg2-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:2.2.20-3.el8_6
gnupg2-smime Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:2.2.20-3.el8_6
gnupg2-smime-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:2.2.20-3.el8_6
gnupg2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:2.3.3-2.el9_0
gnupg2-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:2.3.3-2.el9_0
gnupg2-smime Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:2.3.3-2.el9_0
gnupg2-smime-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamAll versions0:2.3.3-2.el9_0
gnupg2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseosAll versions0:2.3.3-2.el9_0
gnupg2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseosAll versions0:2.3.3-2.el9_0
gnupg2-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseosAll versions0:2.3.3-2.el9_0
gnupg2-smime-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseosAll versions0:2.3.3-2.el9_0
gnupg2 Rocky Linux:8All versions0:2.2.20-3.el8_6
gnupg2 Rocky Linux:9All versions0:2.3.3-2.el9_0
gpg2 SUSE:Enterprise Storage 6All versions2.2.5-150000.4.22.1
gpg2 SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7All versions2.2.5-150000.4.22.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOSAll versions2.2.5-150000.4.22.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSSAll versions2.2.5-150000.4.22.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOSAll versions2.2.5-150000.4.22.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSSAll versions2.2.5-150000.4.22.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOSAll versions2.2.5-150000.4.22.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSSAll versions2.2.5-150000.4.22.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1All versions2.2.27-150300.3.5.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2All versions2.2.27-150300.3.5.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3All versions2.2.27-150300.3.5.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4All versions2.2.27-150300.3.5.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCLAll versions2.0.24-9.11.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCLAll versions2.0.24-9.11.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSSAll versions2.0.24-9.11.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5All versions2.0.24-9.11.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCLAll versions2.2.5-150000.4.22.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSSAll versions2.2.5-150000.4.22.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCLAll versions2.2.5-150000.4.22.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSSAll versions2.2.5-150000.4.22.1
gpg2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSSAll versions2.2.5-150000.4.22.1

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnupg Gnupg, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility.

How do I fix CVE-2022-34903?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-34903 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34903 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-34903, ALSA-2022:6463, ALSA-2022:6602, AZL-10074, CLEANSTART-2026-RL04629, CLSA-2022-1657815972 and 20 more.

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