CVE-2006-5179

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Published Oct 6, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Intoto iGateway VPN and iGateway SSL-VPN allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via parasitic public keys with large (1) "public exponent" or (2) "public modulus" values in X.509 certificates that require extra time to process when using RSA signature verification, a related issue to CVE-2006-2940.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:intoto:igateway_ssl-vpn::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:intoto:igateway_vpn::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5164	Intoto iGateway VPN and iGateway SSL-VPN allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via parasitic public keys with large (1) "public exponent" or (2) "public modulus" values in X.509 certificates that require extra time to process when using RSA signature verification, a related issue to CVE-2006-2940.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.776% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/22206
http://www.uniras.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20060928-00661.pdf?lang=en
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3859

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Intoto Igateway Ssl-vpn Igateway Vpn

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:41 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 6, 2006, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:41 PM
Reserved: Oct 5, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:30 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 10, 2006, 4:06 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:30 PM

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