Candidate: CVE-2016-4021
PublicDate: 2016-05-26 14:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4021
 https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2016-030.txt
Description:
 The read_binary function in buffer.c in pgpdump before 0.30 allows
 context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and
 CPU consumption) via crafted input, as demonstrated by the \xa3\x03 string.
Ubuntu-Description:
 It was discovered that PGPdump incorrectly handled certain inputs. An
 attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Notes:
Bugs:
 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=773747
Priority: low
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H [7.5 HIGH]

Patches_pgpdump:
upstream_pgpdump: released (0.30)
precise_pgpdump: released (0.27-1+deb7u1build0.12.04.1, 0.28-1+deb8u1)
precise/esm_pgpdump: DNE (precise was released [0.27-1+deb7u1build0.12.04.1])
trusty_pgpdump: released (0.28-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1)
trusty/esm_pgpdump: DNE (trusty was released [0.28-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1])

vivid/stable-phone-overlay_pgpdump: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_pgpdump: DNE
wily_pgpdump: ignored (reached end-of-life)
xenial_pgpdump: ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
yakkety_pgpdump: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_pgpdump: not-affected (0.31-0.2)
artful_pgpdump: not-affected (0.31-0.2)
bionic_pgpdump: not-affected (0.31-0.2)
cosmic_pgpdump: not-affected (0.31-0.2)
disco_pgpdump: not-affected (0.31-0.2)
eoan_pgpdump: not-affected (0.31-0.2)
focal_pgpdump: not-affected (0.31-0.2)
groovy_pgpdump: not-affected (0.31-0.2)
hirsute_pgpdump: not-affected (0.31-0.2)
impish_pgpdump: not-affected (0.31-0.2)
jammy_pgpdump: not-affected (0.31-0.2)
devel_pgpdump: not-affected (0.31-0.2)