CVE-2018-9234

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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 3.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 7 years ago

2018-04-04 00:29:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2019-02-27 19:37:00

Affected Software

GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard) 2.2.4

2.2.4

GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard) 2.2.5

2.2.5

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

16.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10

17.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS Edition

18.04

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