CVE-2006-5111 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the libksba library, specifically version 0.9.12 and potentially others, as used by gpgsm in the newpg package on SUSE LINUX. An unauthenticated attacker can crash the application by providing a malformed X.509 certificate within a signature. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity, leading to a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libksba_library:libksba_library:0.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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