CVE-2006-5484 - Guiltless Shock

Description

SSH Tectia Client/Server/Connector 5.1.0 and earlier Manager 2.2.0 and earlier and other products when using an RSA key with exponent 3 removes PKCS-1 padding before generating a hash which allows remote attackers to forge a PKCS 1 v1.5 signature that is signed by that RSA key and prevents Tectia from correctly verifying X.509 and other certificates that use PKCS 1 a similar issue to CVE-2006-4339.

Reference

http://www.ssh.com/company/news/2006/english/security/article/786/ http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/845620 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017060 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017061 http://secunia.com/advisories/22350 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4032