CVE-2006-5111 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash applications using libksba by sending malformed X.509 certificates, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-5111?
CVE-2006-5111 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Oct 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The libksba library 0.9.12 and possibly other versions, as used by gpgsm in the newpg package on SUSE LINUX, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed X.509 certificate in a signature.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5111?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libksba Library Libksba Library.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5111?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-5111 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5111 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5111, GHSA-hh6w-9c5q-qw82.