CVE-2010-2547

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2010-07-23
CWE:
CWE-416
Bugzilla:
618156: CVE-2010-2547 GnuPG 2: use-after-free when importing certificate with many alternate names

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Use-after-free vulnerability in kbx/keybox-blob.c in GPGSM in GnuPG 2.x through 2.0.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certificate with a large number of Subject Alternate Names, which is not properly handled in a realloc operation when importing the certificate or verifying its signature.

Find out more about CVE-2010-2547 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (gnupg2) RHSA-2010:0603 2010-08-04

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gnupg2 Not affected

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