5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-4790
GnuTLS RSA Key Forgery vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 14, 2006, 7:07 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 11, 2017, 1:31 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-4790 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnu gnutls
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-4790.

URL Resource
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2006-September/001205.html
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2006-September/001212.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21937
http://secunia.com/advisories/21942
http://secunia.com/advisories/21973
http://secunia.com/advisories/22049
http://secunia.com/advisories/22080
http://secunia.com/advisories/22084
http://secunia.com/advisories/22097
http://secunia.com/advisories/22226
http://secunia.com/advisories/22992
http://secunia.com/advisories/25762
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-15.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016844
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102648-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102970-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-250.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1182
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:166
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0680.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20027
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-348-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3635
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3899
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2289
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28953
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9937

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-4790 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9937 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9937 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/28953 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28953 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-4790 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-4790 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.58 }} -1.76%

score

0.92507

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability