CVE-2006-4340

Published Sep 15, 2006

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 3.11.3, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5, 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, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2006-4339. NOTE: on 20061107, Mozilla released an advisory stating that these versions were not completely patched by MFSA2006-60. The newer fixes for 1.5.0.7 are covered by CVE-2006-5462.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
4.9
Vector string
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

References