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CVE-2003-0971

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0971 describes a cryptographic vulnerability in GnuPG versions up to 1.2.3, where ElGamal type 20 keys (sign+encrypt) use a shared component for both functions. This design flaw allows an attacker to deduce the private key from a signature. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to compromise of confidentiality. Despite its age, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.3b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0285 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: gnupg-0:1.2.1-10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0971Important

security flaw

Nov 27, 2003

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
lists.gnupg.org / pipermail/gnupg-announce/2003q4/000276.html
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.gnupg.org / pipermail/gnupg-announce/2003q4/000277.html
Patch
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/10304
secunia.com / advisories/10349
secunia.com / advisories/10399
secunia.com / advisories/10400
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10982
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-429
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/940388
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2003_048_gpg.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-390.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-395.html
securityfocus.com / bid/9115
PatchVendor Advisory