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CVE-2006-4790

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2006-09-14 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Gnutls

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References