CVE catalog

CVE-2006-0071

pinentry: CVE-2006-0071

Severity: Low
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.39% · Oct 25, 2026

The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	pinentry	sid	`1.3.3-3`	not affected
Debian	pinentry	forky	`1.3.3-3`	not affected
Debian	pinentry	trixie	`1.3.1-2`	not affected
Debian	pinentry	bookworm	`1.2.1-1`	not affected

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	pinentry	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	pinentry	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	pinentry	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	pinentry	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[pinentry-curses]Not affected
Source package: [pinentry]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm
- 1.2.1-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm
[pinentry-doc]Not affected
Source package: [pinentry]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm
- 1.2.1-1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm
[pinentry-fltk]Not affected
Source package: [pinentry]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm
- 1.2.1-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm
[pinentry-gnome3]Not affected
Source package: [pinentry]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm
- 1.2.1-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm
[pinentry-gtk2]Not affected
Source package: [pinentry]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm
- 1.2.1-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm
[pinentry-qt]Not affected
Source package: [pinentry]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm
- 1.2.1-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm
[pinentry-tty]Not affected
Source package: [pinentry]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm
- 1.2.1-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · pinentry · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:02:48 PM UTC

References

[https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0071]

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS]