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CVE-2006-5462 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0733.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0734.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0735.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22722 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22727 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22737 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22763 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22770 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22815 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22817 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22965 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22980 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23009 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23013 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23197 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23202 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23235 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23263 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23287 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23297 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23883 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24711 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-06.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-07.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-08.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017180 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017181 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017182 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102781-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-246.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1224 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1225 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1227 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/335392 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:205 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:206 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-60.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-66.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_68_mozilla.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-381-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-382-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-312A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4387 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0293 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1198 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00771742 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356215 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30098 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10478 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5462
NVD Published Date:
11/08/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.