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OpenSSL RSA Signature Forgery Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA21709
Release Date: 2006-09-05
Last Update: 2006-09-12
Popularity: 20,524 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:OpenSSL 0.9.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-4339


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in OpenSSL, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the verification of certain signatures. If an RSA key with exponent 3 is used, it may be possible to forge a PKCS #1 v1.5 signature signed by that key.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 0.9.7j and 0.9.8b. Prior versions may also be affected.

Solution:
OpenSSL 0.9.7 branch:
Update to version 0.9.7k or later.

OpenSSL 0.9.8 branch:
Update to version 0.9.8c or later.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Daniel Bleichenbacher

Changelog:
2006-09-12: Added link to US-CERT.

Original Advisory:
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20060905.txt

Other References:
US-CERT VU#845620:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/845620


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