# CVE-2014-4617: The do\_uncompress function in g10/compress.c in GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.17 and 2.x before 2.0.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-06-25 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The do_uncompress function in g10/compress.c in GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.17 and 2.x before 2.0.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed compressed packets, as demonstrated by an a3 01 5b ff byte sequence.

## What to do

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/59351
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59578
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000345.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2967
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00010.html
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=014b2103fcb12f261135e3954f26e9e07b39e342
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2258-1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2968
- http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=11fdfcf82bd8d2b5bc38292a29876e10770f4b0a
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59534
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59213
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2014q2/000344.html

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