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thunderbird — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4340

Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 3.11.3, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, does not properly handle extra data in a signature, which allows remote attackers to forge signatures for SSL/TLS and email certificates, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2006-4339. NOTE: on 20061107, Mozilla released an advisory stating that these versions were not completely patched by MFSA2006-60. The newer fixes for 1.5.0.7 are covered by CVE-2006-5462.

Products
thunderbird
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.5.0.7-1
CVEs
CVE-2006-4340
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4340

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Sept 2006, 18:07 UTC

Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 3.11.3, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, does not properly handle extra data in a signature, which allows remote attackers to forge signatures for SSL/TLS and email certificates, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2006-4339. NOTE: on 20061107, Mozilla released an advisory stating that these versions were not completely patched by MFSA2006-60. The newer fixes for 1.5.0.7 are covered by CVE-2006-5462.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4340

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.7-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.7-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.7-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4340",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4340",
    "summary": "Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 3.11.3, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, does not properly handle extra data in a signature, which allows remote attackers to forge signatures for SSL/TLS and email certificates, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2006-4339. NOTE: on 20061107, Mozilla released an advisory stating that these versions were not completely patched by MFSA2006-60. The newer fixes for 1.5.0.7 are covered by CVE-2006-5462.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4340",
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        },
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            "value": "1.5.0.7-1",
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          }
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      },
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          },
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:33.529427207Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2006-4340"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4340"
      ]
    },
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      {
        "value": "CVE-2006-4340",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410862,
  "published_at": "2006-09-15T18:07:00+00:00"
}