CVE-2014-9087

Publication date 26 November 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Integer underflow in the ksba_oid_to_str function in Libksba before 1.3.2, as used in GnuPG, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted OID in a (1) S/MIME message or (2) ECC based OpenPGP data, which triggers a buffer overflow.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gnupg2	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
libksba	14.10 utopic	Fixed 1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.10.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.2.0-2ubuntu0.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored

Notes

mdeslaur

affects gnupg2 2.1 only

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
libksba	Upstream: http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git;a=commit;h=f715b9e156dfa99ae829fc694e5a0abd23ef97d7

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)