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TI-2013-03858 Aliases CVE-2013-4402GHSA-fhrq-6wcr-78q4

The compressed packet parser in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.15 and 2.0.x before 2.0.22 allows…

Priority LOW 31CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

The compressed packet parser in GnuPG 1.4.x before 1.4.15 and 2.0.x before 2.0.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted OpenPGP message.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0503 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 29

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.0VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.4VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.5VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.8VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.10VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.11VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.12VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.13VulnerableGnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.4 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.5 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.8 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.10 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.11 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.12 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.13 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
Show 19 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.14VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.1VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.10VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.11VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.12VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.13VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.14VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.15VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.16VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.17VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.18VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.19VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.20VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.21VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*10.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*12.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*12.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.04VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.14 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.1 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.10 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.11 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.12 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.13 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.14 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.15 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.16 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.17 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.18 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.19 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.20 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:2.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.21 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2013:1459 Released 2013-10-24 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    gnupg2 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) gnupg2-2.0.10-6.el5_10, gnupg2-2.0.10-6.el5_10.i386, gnupg2-2.0.10-6.el5_10.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) gnupg2-2.0.10-6.el5_10, gnupg2-2.0.10-6.el5_10.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) gnupg2-2.0.14-6.el6_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) gnupg2-2.0.14-6.el6_4, gnupg2-smime-2.0.14-6.el6_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) gnupg2-2.0.14-6.el6_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) gnupg2-2.0.14-6.el6_4, gnupg2-smime-2.0.14-6.el6_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) gnupg2-2.0.14-6.el6_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) gnupg2-2.0.14-6.el6_4, gnupg2-smime-2.0.14-6.el6_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) gnupg2-2.0.14-6.el6_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) gnupg2-2.0.14-6.el6_4, gnupg2-smime-2.0.14-6.el6_4
  • RHSA-2013:1458 Released 2013-10-24 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    gnupg security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10, gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10.i386, gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10, gnupg-1.4.5-18.el5_10.i386

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2013:1458, RHSA-2013:1459
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2013:1458, RHSA-2013:1459
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1459
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1459
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1459
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1459
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1459
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1459
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1459
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2013:1459
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-4402
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fhrq-6wcr-78q4

References

Advisory 8

Other 2

Sources

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