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CVE-2003-0978 Details

Description

Format string vulnerability in gpgkeys_hkp (experimental HKP interface) for the GnuPG (gpg) client 1.2.3 and earlier, and 1.3.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers or a malicious keyserver to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code during key retrieval.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107047470625214&w=2 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13892 CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_048_gpg.html CVE
http://www.s-quadra.com/advisories/Adv-20031203.txt CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107047470625214&w=2 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnu privacy guard
1.2
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.2 rc1
1.2.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2003-0978
NVD Published Date:
Jan 5, 2004
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2003-0978 Details - Not Deferred