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CVE-2013-4351

gnupg: treats no-usage-permitted keys as all-usages-permitted

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · March 12, 2013

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

GnuPG 1.4.x, 2.0.x, and 2.1.x treats a key flags subpacket with all bits cleared (no usage permitted) as if it has all bits set (all usage permitted), which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging the subkey.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWE not specified