CVE-2006-5462

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    CVE-2006-5462

    Published: 8 Nov 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High