CVE-2006-5462

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5462
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-08 21:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMozilla 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.11.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All alpha All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All dev All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Debian update for mozilla-thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for mozilla-thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Sun Solaris update for Mozilla - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Mandriva update for mozilla-thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
HP-UX update for firefox - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo update for seamonkey - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#335392 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, US Government Resource
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1225-2 mozilla-firefox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
356215 – FF1507 RSA signature forgery: unchecked padding length (CVE-2006-5462) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Patch
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
usn/usn-381-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for firefox - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo update for mozilla-firefox - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mozilla Firefox RSA Signatures Can Be Forged af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Avaya Messaging Storage Server Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Netscape Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for firefox - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mozilla Seamonkey RSA Signatures Can Be Forged af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1224-1 mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
usn/usn-382-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-312A -- Mozilla Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Patch, US Government Resource
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mozilla Thunderbird RSA Signatures Can Be Forged af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
MFSA 2006-60: RSA Signature Forgery af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Patch
SUSE update for MozillaFirefox, MozillaThunderbird, and seamonkey - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
#102781: RSA Signature Forgery Issues in Mozilla 1.7 for Solaris 8, 9 and 10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Gentoo update for mozilla-thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IT Resource Center - login / register af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www1.itrc.hp.com
Debian update for mozilla-firefox - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for seamonkey - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
MFSA 2006-66: RSA Signature Forgery (variant) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Patch
Red Hat update for thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
ASA-2006-246 (RHSA-2006-0733) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
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Debian update for mozilla - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1227-1 mozilla-thunderbird af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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