--- title: "CVE-2006-5201\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-5201?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2006-5201 Publication date 10 October 2006 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Multiple packages on Sun Solaris, including (1) NSS; (2) Java JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 8 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.x up to 1.4.2\_12, and SDK and JRE 1.3.x up to 1.3.1\_19; (3) JSSE 1.0.3\_03 and earlier; (4) IPSec/IKE; (5) Secure Global Desktop; and (6) StarOffice, 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 these products from correctly verifying X.509 and other certificates that use PKCS #1. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | sun-java5 | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.5.0-11-1ubuntu2 | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.5.0-11-1ubuntu2 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.5.0-11-1ubuntu2 | | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.5.0-11-1ubuntu2 | | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.5.0-11-1ubuntu2 | | 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | | sun-java6 | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 6-00-2ubuntu2 | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 6-00-2ubuntu2 | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 6-00-2ubuntu2 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 6-00-2ubuntu2 | | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 6-00-2ubuntu2 | | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 6-00-2ubuntu2 | | 6.10 edgy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5201) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5201) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-5201) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5201) ### Other references *