CVE-2005-2023

SUSE Linux 9.3 - Denial of Service via Improper Pinentry Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The send_pinentry_environment function in asshelp.c in gpg2 on SUSE Linux 9.3 does not properly handle certain options, which can prevent pinentry from being found and causes S/MIME signing to fail.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gpa-dev/2005-June/002291.html
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gpa-dev/2005-May/002284.html
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gpa-dev/2005-June/002294.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_sr.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0047
EPSS Percentile 64.8%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
suse/suse_linux 9.3
Published Jun 17, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026