CVE-2006-5201 Weak cryptography in n/a
Remote attackers can forge PKCS #1 v1.5 signatures on Sun Solaris systems using RSA keys with exponent 3, bypassing certificate verification.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-5201?
CVE-2006-5201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 9 Oct 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple packages on Sun Solaris, including (1) NSS; (2) Java JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 8 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.x up to 1.4.2_12, and SDK and JRE 1.3.x up to 1.3.1_19; (3) JSSE 1.0.3_03 and earlier; (4) IPSec/IKE; (5) Secure Global Desktop; and (6) StarOffice, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, removes PKCS-1 padding before generating a hash, which allows remote attackers to forge a PKCS #1 v1.5 signature that is signed by that RSA key and prevents these products from correctly verifying X.509 and other certificates that use PKCS #1.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5201?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Sun Jdk, Sun Jre, Sun Jsse, Sun Nss, Sun Sdk, Sun Secure Global Desktop and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5201?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5201 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-5201 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5201 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Jdk
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6xx2-gv3f-2f93.