USN-2258-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2258-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2258-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2258-1
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Published
2014-06-26T17:36:35.725275Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:02Z
Summary
gnupg, gnupg2 vulnerability
Details

Jean-René Reinhard, Olivier Levillain and Florian Maury discovered that GnuPG incorrectly handled certain OpenPGP messages. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially-crafted message, GnuPG could consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / gnupg

Package

Name
gnupg
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnupg@1.4.16-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.16-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.14-1ubuntu2
1.4.15-1.1ubuntu1
1.4.15-1.1ubuntu2
1.4.15-2ubuntu1
1.4.16-1ubuntu1
1.4.16-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gnupg",
            "binary_version": "1.4.16-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gnupg-curl",
            "binary_version": "1.4.16-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gpgv",
            "binary_version": "1.4.16-1ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-4617"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / gnupg2

Package

Name
gnupg2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnupg2@2.0.22-3ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.22-3ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.20-1ubuntu3
2.0.22-1ubuntu1
2.0.22-3ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gnupg-agent",
            "binary_version": "2.0.22-3ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gnupg2",
            "binary_version": "2.0.22-3ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gpgsm",
            "binary_version": "2.0.22-3ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gpgv2",
            "binary_version": "2.0.22-3ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "scdaemon",
            "binary_version": "2.0.22-3ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-4617"
        }
    ]
}