CVE-2006-4790

NameCVE-2006-4790
Descriptionverify.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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1182-1

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gnutls11sourcesarge1.0.16-13.2sarge2DSA-1182-1
gnutls11source(unstable)(unfixed)high
gnutls12source(unstable)(unfixed)high
gnutls13source(unstable)1.4.4-1high

Notes

GNUTLS-SA-2006-4

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