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GHSA-fjc3-r8f9-57p5
GHSA-fjc3-r8f9-57p5
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Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 1, 2022
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.
Timeline
- May 1, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-fjc3-r8f9-57p5
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-fjc3-r8f9-57p5
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4790 advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28953 url
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2006-September/001212.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21942 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21973 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22084 url
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102970-1 url
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3899 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22226 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25762 url
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-15.xml url
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016844 url
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102648-1 url
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1182 url
- http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html url
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2289 url
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9937 url
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2006-September/001205.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21937 url
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