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A vulnerability was found in libksba library 0.9.12 (Software Library). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The bug was discovered 10/17/2006. The weakness was shared 10/03/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at novell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-5111 since 10/02/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27945 (Ubuntu 5.04 : libksba vulnerability (USN-365-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29621) and Tenable (27945).
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 27945
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 5.04 : libksba vulnerability (USN-365-1)
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Timeline
10/02/2006 🔍10/03/2006 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: novell.comStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-5111 (🔍)
X-Force: 29621
Vulnerability Center: 14419 - libksba Denial of Service via Malformed X.509 Certificate in a Signature, Medium
SecurityFocus: 20565 - Libksba Signature Verification Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 22423 - libksba X.509 Certificates Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 29598 - Libksba - Signature Verification - Denial of Service Issue
Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 15:51Updated: 07/15/2019 17:38
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (71), 07/15/2019 17:38 (5)
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