CVE-2019-14855
Description
A flaw was found in OpenPGP Key Certification Forgeries in the way certificate signatures could be forged by using collisions found in the SHA-1 algorithm. An attacker could use this weakness to create forged certificate signatures.
Statement
This flaw only affects the versions of GnuPG package which defaults to signing with SHA-1. GnuPG 2.0 and above does not use SHA-1 by default therefore are not directly affected by this flaw.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.3 | 7.5 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | High | Low | N/A |
| Privileges Required | None | None | N/A |
| User Interaction | Required | None | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | High | High | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | None | N/A |
| Availability Impact | None | None | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Access Control,Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism; Read Application Data
An attacker may be able to decrypt the data using brute force attacks.
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Werner Koch (GnuPG project) for reporting this issue.
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