CVE-2006-0803

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The signature verification functionality in the YaST Online Update (YOU) script handling relies on a gpg feature that is not intended for signature verification, which prevents YOU from detecting malicious scripts or code that do not pass the signature check when gpg 1.4.x is being used.

Affected products

Novell Suse Linux: 10.0
Suse Linux: 9.3

References

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_09_gpg.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_13_gpg.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16889
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_09_gpg.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_13_gpg.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16889

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