CVE-2006-6235

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2006-12-06
Bugzilla:
1618242: CVE-2006-6235 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

A "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to dereference a function pointer from deallocated stack memory.

Find out more about CVE-2006-6235 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (gnupg) RHSA-2006:0754 2006-12-06
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (gnupg) RHSA-2006:0754 2006-12-06
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (gnupg) RHSA-2006:0754 2006-12-06

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