U.S. flag   An official website of the United States government
Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-4790 Detail

Description

verify.c in GnuTLS before 1.4.4, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, does not properly handle excess data in the digestAlgorithm.parameters field when generating a hash, which allows remote attackers to forge a PKCS #1 v1.5 signature that is signed by that RSA key and prevents GnuTLS from correctly verifying X.509 and other certificates that use PKCS, a variant of CVE-2006-4339.


Metrics

 
NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.

Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2006-September/001205.html
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2006-September/001205.html
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2006-September/001212.html
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2006-September/001212.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21937
http://secunia.com/advisories/21937
http://secunia.com/advisories/21942
http://secunia.com/advisories/21942
http://secunia.com/advisories/21973
http://secunia.com/advisories/21973
http://secunia.com/advisories/22049
http://secunia.com/advisories/22049
http://secunia.com/advisories/22080
http://secunia.com/advisories/22080
http://secunia.com/advisories/22084
http://secunia.com/advisories/22084
http://secunia.com/advisories/22097
http://secunia.com/advisories/22097
http://secunia.com/advisories/22226
http://secunia.com/advisories/22226
http://secunia.com/advisories/22992
http://secunia.com/advisories/22992
http://secunia.com/advisories/25762
http://secunia.com/advisories/25762
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-15.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-15.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016844
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016844
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102648-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102648-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102970-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102970-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1182
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1182
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html Patch 
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html Patch 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:166
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:166
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0680.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0680.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20027
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20027
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-348-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-348-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3635
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3635
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3899
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3899
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2289
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2289
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28953
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28953
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9937
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9937

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-Other Other cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

CPEs loading, please wait.

Denotes Vulnerable Software
Are we missing a CPE here? Please let us know.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-4790
NVD Published Date:
09/14/2006
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.