CVE-2009-0048

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Published Jan 7, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

OpenEvidence 1.0.6 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.

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:openevidence:openevidence::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:openevidence:openevidence:1.0.5:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-0057	OpenEvidence 1.0.6 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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.181% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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/2009/0047

History

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Subscriptions

Openevidence Openevidence

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:17 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 7, 2009, 6:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:17 AM
Reserved: Jan 7, 2009, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:04 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 7, 2009, 6:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:04 PM

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