CVE-2018-9234

GnuPG 2.2.4 and 2.2.5 does not enforce a configuration in which key certification requires an offline master Certify key, which results in apparently valid certifications that occurred only with access to a signing subkey.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://dev.gnupg.org/T3844	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3675-1/	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.2.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.2.5:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-04-04 00:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2018-9234

Mitre link : CVE-2018-9234

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-9234

JSON object : View

Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

gnupg

gnupg

CWE

CWE-320

Key Management Errors

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