CVE-2006-4340Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
4.0MEDIUMNVD
CNA4.3OSV4.3
EPSS
2.7%
top 14.10%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 15
Latest updateMay 3

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/C:P/I:P/A:NExploitability: 4.9 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages5 packages

Debianmozilla/thunderbird< 1.5.0.7-1+3
NVDmozilla/firefox1.5.0.6
NVDmozilla/thunderbird1.5.0.6

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-q7vf-rjwh-chxv: Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 32022-05-03
CVEList
CVE-2006-4340: Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 32006-09-15
OSV
CVE-2006-4340: Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 32006-09-15

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Red Hat
security flaw2006-11-08
Ubuntu
Mozilla vulnerabilities2006-10-10
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2006-09-25
Ubuntu
firefox vulnerabilities2006-09-23
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2006-09-22

💬Community

6
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-4340 security flaw2018-08-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-5462 security flaw2018-08-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-4340 nss needs update2006-09-15
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-4340 Various SeaMonkey security issues (CVE-2006-4253 CVE-2006-4565 CVE-2006-4566 CVE-2006-4568 CVE-2006-4570 CVE-2006-4571)2006-09-14
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-4340 Various Firefox security issues (CVE-2006-4253 CVE-2006-4565 CVE-2006-4566 CVE-2006-4567 CVE-2006-4568 CVE-2006-4569 CVE-2006-4571)2006-09-14
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