CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.4. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2007-3499
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.4
EPSS
0.86%
Original NVD Description
SlackRoll before 8 accepts gpg exit codes other than 0 and 1 as evidence of a valid signature, which allows remote Slackware mirror sites or man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (data inconsistency) or possibly install Trojan horse packages via malformed gpg signatures.