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CVE-2006-5462

Published: Nov 08, 2006 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5462
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 3.11.3, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.8, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.6, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, does not properly handle extra data in a signature, which allows remote attackers to forge signatures for SSL/TLS and email certificates. NOTE: this identifier is for unpatched product versions that were originally intended to be addressed by CVE-2006-4340.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla1.5 (including)1.5 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5-beta1 (including)1.5-beta1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5-beta2 (including)1.5-beta2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.1 (including)1.5.0.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.2 (including)1.5.0.2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.3 (including)1.5.0.3 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.4 (including)1.5.0.4 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.5 (including)1.5.0.5 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.6 (including)1.5.0.6 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.7 (including)1.5.0.7 (including)
Network_security_servicesMozilla3.11.3 (including)3.11.3 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0 (including)1.0 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0-beta (including)1.0-beta (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0.3 (including)1.0.3 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0.4 (including)1.0.4 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0.5 (including)1.0.5 (including)
ThunderbirdMozilla1.5 (including)1.5 (including)
ThunderbirdMozilla1.5-beta2 (including)1.5-beta2 (including)
ThunderbirdMozilla1.5.0.1 (including)1.5.0.1 (including)
ThunderbirdMozilla1.5.0.2 (including)1.5.0.2 (including)
ThunderbirdMozilla1.5.0.3 (including)1.5.0.3 (including)
ThunderbirdMozilla1.5.0.4 (including)1.5.0.4 (including)
ThunderbirdMozilla1.5.0.6 (including)1.5.0.6 (including)
ThunderbirdMozilla1.5.0.7 (including)1.5.0.7 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.6-0.1.el2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.6-0.1.el3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatfirefox-0:1.5.0.8-0.1.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatdevhelp-0:0.10-0.5.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.6-0.1.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatthunderbird-0:1.5.0.8-0.1.el4*
FirefoxUbuntudapper*
Mozilla-thunderbirdUbuntudapper*
Mozilla-thunderbirdUbuntuedgy*
Mozilla-thunderbirdUbuntufeisty*
XulrunnerUbuntudevel*
XulrunnerUbuntuedgy*
XulrunnerUbuntufeisty*

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