CVE-2014-3564

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2014-07-30
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1113267: CVE-2014-3564 gpgme: heap-based buffer overflow in gpgsm status handler

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the status_handler function in (1) engine-gpgsm.c and (2) engine-uiserver.c in GPGME before 1.5.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to "different line lengths in a specific order."

Find out more about CVE-2014-3564 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

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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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gpgme Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gpgme Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Tomáš Trnka for reporting this issue.

External References

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