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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.0453 -- [Solaris]
Security Vulnerability in RSA Signature Verification Affects
GnuTLS Library Versions Prior to 1.4.4
25 June 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: GnuTLS Library Versions Prior to 1.4.4
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris
Impact: Reduced Security
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2006-4790
Ref: ESB-2006.0667
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-102970-1
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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
* Sun Alert ID: 102970
* Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in RSA Signature Verification
Affects GnuTLS Library Versions Prior to 1.4.4
* Category: Security
* Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
* BugIDs: 6473089
* Avoidance: Patch
* State: Resolved
* Date Released: 21-Jun-2007
* Date Closed: 21-Jun-2007
* Date Modified:
1. Impact
The GnuTLS library version prior to 1.4.4 is impacted by an RSA
signature forgery vulnerability. This vulnerability, which affects
applications which make use of the GnuTLS library to verify PKCS#1
signatures, allows a malicious user to make an altered PKCS#1 v1.5
signature appear to be correct thus forging the signature.
This issue is described in the following documents:
* GNUTLS-SA-2006-4 at: http://www.gnutls.org/security.html
* CVE-2006-4790 at:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4790
The issue described in this Sun Alert is specific to the GnuTLS
library. Multiple Sun products are affected by this issue. For more
details please see Sun Alert 102648 at:
* http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102648
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Note: Evolution uses the GnuTLS library and is impacted by this issue.
2. Contributing Factors
This issue can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 10 without patch 123938-01
x86 Platform
* Solaris 10 without patch 123939-01
Note 1: Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are not impacted by this issue.
Note 2: This issue only impacts systems with SUNWgnutls installed. To
determine if this package is installed run the following command:
$ pkginfo SUNWgnutls
EVO146 SUNWgnutls GNU Transport Layer Security Library
Note 3: This issue only affects the GnuTLS library versions prior to
1.4.4. To determine the version of the GnuTLS library on the system
the following command can be run:
$ pkginfo -l SUNWgnutls | grep VERSION
VERSION: 0.9.5,REV=10.0.3.2004.12.15.17.59
Note 4: The Solaris 10 patches which address this issue do not
increment the version of GnuTLS. The version of GnuTLS supplied with
the patches will still be reported as 0.9.5.
3. Symptoms
There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described
issue has been exploited.
4. Relief/Workaround
There is no workaround for this issue.
5. Resolution
This issue is addressed in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 10 with patch 123938-01 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 10 with patch 123939-01 or later
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