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CVE-2006-0049

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0049 describes a vulnerability in gpg in GnuPG before version 1.4.2.2, where it fails to properly verify non-detached signatures, allowing attackers to inject unsigned data. This flaw could lead to a false positive for signature validity, impacting data integrity. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized information modification. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
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
2.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0237 is in the 73rd 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 (3)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: gnupg-0:1.2.1-15
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: gnupg-0:1.2.6-3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-0049Important

security flaw

Mar 9, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
lists.gnupg.org / pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q1/000216.html
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.suse.de / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Mar/0003.html
secunia.com / advisories/19173
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19197
secunia.com / advisories/19203
secunia.com / advisories/19231
secunia.com / advisories/19232
secunia.com / advisories/19234
secunia.com / advisories/19244
secunia.com / advisories/19249
secunia.com / advisories/19287
secunia.com / advisories/19532
securityreason.com / securityalert/450
securityreason.com / securityalert/568
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25184
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10063
usn.ubuntu.com / 264-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-993
PatchVendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-08.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 23790
Patch
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-March/msg00021.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0266.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427324/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/433931/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17058
Patch
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
trustix.org / errata/2006/0014
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0915