CVE-2006-5111

N/A Unknown

Published: October 03, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22423

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22445

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22473

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:183

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/101_x86_64.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20565

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-365-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29621

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22423