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CVE-2006-3082

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3082 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GnuPG versions 1.4.3, 1.9.20, and earlier. Remote attackers can trigger a crash and potential memory corruption by sending a message packet with an excessively long user ID string, leading to an integer overflow. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially resulting in a denial of service. While no active exploitation is noted, a Metasploit module is unavailable, but an ExploitDB entry exists for a buffer overflow. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.9.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28077 · Jun 20, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0731 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-0:1.2.1-16
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: gnupg-0:1.2.6-5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-3082Moderate

security flaw

May 31, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U
cvs.gnupg.org / cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/g10/parse-packet.c
seclists.org / lists/fulldisclosure/2006/May/0774.html
seclists.org / lists/fulldisclosure/2006/May/0782.html
seclists.org / lists/fulldisclosure/2006/May/0789.html
secunia.com / advisories/20783
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20801
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20811
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20829
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20881
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20899
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20968
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21063
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21135
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21137
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21143
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21585
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27245
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10089
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-167.htm
usn.ubuntu.com / 304-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1107
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1115
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_18_sr.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_38_security.html
openpkg.com / security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.010.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0571.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/438751/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18554
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2450
Vendor Advisory