CVE-2009-0047

Gale 0.99 and earlier does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL EVP_VerifyFinal function, which allows remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature for DSA and ECDSA keys, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2008-5077.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499827/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0046	Vendor Advisory
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499827/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0046	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.15:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.15b:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.15c:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.16:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.16a:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.17:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.17a:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.18:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.18b:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.18c:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.19:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.19a:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.19b:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.20a:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.21:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.90a:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.90b:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.90c:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.91:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.91a:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.91b:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2009-01-07 18:30

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2009-0047

Mitre link : CVE-2009-0047

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-0047

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gale

gale

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

CWE-310

Cryptographic Issues

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