CVE-2009-0591

openssl: incorrect error checking during CMS verification

Published Mar 27, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 2.6 Low EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
The CMS_verify function in OpenSSL 0.9.8h through 0.9.8j, when CMS is enabled, does not properly handle errors associated with malformed signed attributes, which allows remote attackers to repudiate a signature that originally appeared to be valid but was actually invalid.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0594 The CMS_verify function in OpenSSL 0.9.8h through 0.9.8j, when CMS is enabled, does not properly handle errors associated with malformed signed attributes, which allows remote attackers to repudiate a signature that originally appeared to be valid but was actually invalid.
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:40 AM
Reserved
Feb 13, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 27, 2009, 4:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:05 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 25, 2009, 12:00 AM