Vulnerability · Published Jul 1, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-34903
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the gnupg2 package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.8% (higher than 87% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.8%top 13.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
GnuPG through 2.3.6, in unusual situations where an attacker possesses any secret-key information from a victim's keyring and other constraints (e.g., use of GPGME) are met, allows signature forgery via injection into the status line.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | gnupg2 | 2.2.20-3.el8_6 | ALSA-2022:6463 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | gnupg2 | 2.3.3-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:6602 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | gnupg2-smime | 2.2.20-3.el8_6 | ALSA-2022:6463 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | gnupg2-smime | 2.3.3-2.el9_0 | ALSA-2022:6602 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | gnupg | 2.2.35-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34903 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | gnupg | 2.2.35-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34903 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | gnupg | 2.2.35-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34903 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | gnupg | 2.2.35-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34903 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | gnupg | 2.2.35-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34903 |
| Debian:12 | gnupg2 | 2.2.35-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34903 |
| Debian:13 | gnupg2 | 2.2.35-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34903 |
| Debian:14 | gnupg2 | 2.2.35-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34903 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | gnupg2 | 0:2.2.20-3.el8_6 | RLSA-2022:6463 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | gnupg2 | 0:2.3.3-2.el9_0 | RLSA-2022:6602 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gnupg2 | 2.2.27-3ubuntu2.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-34903 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gnupg2 | 2.2.27-3ubuntu2.1 | USN-5503-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/30/1 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.debian.org/1014157 x_refsource_MISC
- https://dev.gnupg.org/T6027 x_refsource_MISC
- [oss-security] 20220702 Re: GnuPG signature spoofing via status line injection mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- DSA-5174 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- FEDORA-2022-aa14d396dd vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2022-1124e5882d vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2022-0dbfb7e270 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2022-1747eea46c vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220826-0005/ x_refsource_CONFIRM