Description
gpgv in GnuPG before 1.4.2.1, when using unattended signature verification, returns a 0 exit code in certain cases even when the detached signature file does not carry a signature, which could cause programs that use gpgv to assume that the signature verification has succeeded. Note: this also occurs when running the equivalent command "gpg --verify".
Published: 2006-02-15
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-978-1 New GnuPG packages fix invalid success return
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-0462 gpgv in GnuPG before 1.4.2.1, when using unattended signature verification, returns a 0 exit code in certain cases even when the detached signature file does not carry a signature, which could cause programs that use gpgv to assume that the signature verification has succeeded. Note: this also occurs when running the equivalent command "gpg --verify".
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-252-1 gnupg vulnerability
References
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ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U cve-icon cve-icon
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2006-116.shtml cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q1/000211.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=gnupg-devel&m=113999098729114&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18845 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18933 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18934 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18942 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18955 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18956 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18968 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/19249 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/19532 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-10.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:043 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_09_gpg.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_13_gpg.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.001-gnupg.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.osvdb.org/23221 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0266.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425289/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433931/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16663 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.476477 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0008 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-252-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-978 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0610 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24744 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0455 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10084 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0455 cve-icon
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:34:14.838Z

Reserved: 2006-01-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0455

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-02-15T22:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-0455

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2006-02-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-0455 - Bugzilla

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