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CVE-2003-0255

Published: May 7, 2003Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
10.0CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
6.6%
Top 7.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The key validation code in GnuPG before 1.2.2 does not properly determine the validity of keys with multiple user IDs and assigns the greatest validity of the most valid user ID, which prevents GnuPG from warning the encrypting user when a user ID does not have a trusted path.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
privacy guardgnuOSS Libraries
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
gnuoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka g. nu

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-390.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-34.txt
turbolinux.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-175.html
redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
May 7, 2003
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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