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CVE-2006-0455

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0455 describes a vulnerability in GnuPG versions prior to 1.4.2.1, specifically affecting the gpgv utility and the "gpg --verify" command. This flaw allows unattended signature verification to return a successful exit code (0) even when a detached signature file lacks a valid signature, potentially leading applications to incorrectly trust unverified data. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this local vulnerability has low attack complexity and could result in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, an exploit (EDB-27231) exists, though community discussion and media coverage for this older CVE are minimal.

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

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27231 · Feb 15, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0133 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 3,049 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 (2)

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-2006-0455Moderate

security flaw

Feb 15, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
fedoranews.org / updates/FEDORA-2006-116.shtml
lists.gnupg.org / pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q1/000211.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/18845
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18933
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18934
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18942
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18955
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18956
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18968
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19130
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19249
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19532
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24744
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10084
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-10.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_09_gpg.html
PatchVendor Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_13_gpg.html
openpkg.org / security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.001-gnupg.html
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 23221
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0266.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/425289/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/433931/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16663
ExploitPatch
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
Patch
trustix.org / errata/2006/0008
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-252-1
us.debian.org / security/2006/dsa-978
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0610
Vendor Advisory