CVE-2006-4340 SUSE CVE security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE CVE-2006-4340 Interim 1 6 2025-11-05T06:25:16Z current 2021-05-30T12:36:39Z 2025-11-05T06:25:16Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf-cve.pl 2020-12-27T01:00:00Z CVE-2006-4340 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. The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/MLBAOGY75LOJU7F2SA7FVB2MGLENLLFF/#MLBAOGY75LOJU7F2SA7FVB2MGLENLLFF E-Mail link for SUSE-SA:2006:054 https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/6FPEFKM5GVDB7OIJH4HOUDGCKMJAJFMH/#6FPEFKM5GVDB7OIJH4HOUDGCKMJAJFMH E-Mail link for SUSE-SA:2006:055 https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings 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. CVE-2006-4340 important 4 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N