CVE-2011-2207 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in dirmngr versions prior to 2.1.0, affecting various distributions of Debian and Red Hat Enterprise Linux that utilize GnuPG. This flaw allows remote attackers to disrupt service by sending a specially crafted certificate, leveraging a weakness in how dirmngr handles specific system calls. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.3), the attack requires no user interaction or privileges, but only results in a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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