GnuPG can be made to spin on a relatively small input by (for example) crafting a public key with thousands of signatures attached, compressed down to just a few KB.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - GnuPG can be made to spin on a relatively small input by (for example) crafting a public key with
    thousands of signatures attached, compressed down to just a few KB. (CVE-2022-3219)

The AlmaLinux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1780512159 advisory.

  - GnuPG can be made to spin on a relatively small input by (for example) crafting a public key with     thousands of signatures attached, compressed down to just a few KB. (CVE-2022-3219)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Rocky Linux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1780512159 advisory.

  - GnuPG can be made to spin on a relatively small input by (for example) crafting a public key with     thousands of signatures attached, compressed down to just a few KB. (CVE-2022-3219)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - GnuPG can be made to spin on a relatively small input by (for example) crafting a public key with     thousands of signatures attached, compressed down to just a few KB. (CVE-2022-3219)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
457690	Echo: gnupg2: security update to 2.4.7-21	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	low
457690	Echo: gnupg2: security update to 2.4.7-21	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	low
351905	AlmaLinux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: gnupg2 / gnupg2-smime (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1780512159)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	low
351892	Rocky Linux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: gnupg2 / gnupg2-smime (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1780512159)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	low
224766	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-3219	Nessus	Misc.	Local	low

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2022-3219

low

Tenable Plugins

low

low

low

low

low