CVE-2011-2207

MEDIUM 5.3CVE-2011-2207 · Published 27/11/2019 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-2207 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting gnupg (gnupg).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 68.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.1.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gnupg gnupg	`< 2.1.0`	`2.1.0`

Description

dirmngr before 2.1.0 improperly handles certain system calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a specially-crafted certificate.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2207 · Third Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2207 · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/15/6 · Mailing List

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

gnupg

< 2.1.0

2.1.0

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