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Sun Solaris RSA Signature Forgery Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22226
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Release Date:
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2006-10-04
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Last Update:
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2007-11-09
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Popularity:
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9,488 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Partial Fix
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-4339
CVE-2006-5201
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Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in various products included in Solaris, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
For more information:
SA21709
The following products are affected:
* OpenSSL (Solaris 9 and 10)
* Mozilla
* GnuTLS
Solution:
Do not use RSA keys with an exponent of 3.
The vendor has issued patches for OpenSSL.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 9 SSH (without patches 112908-24, 113273-11, 114356-07, 117177-02 or later):
Apply patches 113273-14 and 114356-11 or later.
Solaris 9 Packaging utilities:
Apply patch 113713-24 or later.
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 121229-02 or later.
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 9 SSH (without patches 114263-05, 114357-07, 114858-09, 115168-11, 117178-02 or later):
Apply patch 114357-10 and 114858-11 or later.
Solaris 9 Packaging utilities:
Apply patch 114568-23 or later.
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 121230-02 or later.
Changelog:
2006-10-13: Added CVE reference.
2006-12-11: Added link to additional advisory. Updated "Description". OpenSSL is only affected in Solaris 10.
2007-11-09: Updated "Solution" and "Description" sections. Solaris 9 is also affected by the vulnerability in OpenSSL through certain statically linked applications.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102648-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102744-1
Other References:
SA21709:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21709/
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