CVE-2008-5077
N/A
Published: January 7, 2009 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSSL
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
OpenSSL 0.9.8i and earlier does not properly check the return value from the 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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 0.9.8h0.9.1c0.9.2b0.9.30.9.3a0.9.40.9.50.9.5 beta10.9.5 beta20.9.5a0.9.5a beta10.9.5a beta20.9.60.9.6 beta10.9.6 beta20.9.6 beta30.9.6a0.9.6a beta10.9.6a beta20.9.6a beta30.9.6b0.9.6c0.9.6d0.9.6e0.9.6f0.9.6g0.9.6h0.9.6i0.9.6j0.9.6k0.9.6l0.9.6m0.9.70.9.7 beta10.9.7 beta20.9.7 beta30.9.7 beta40.9.7 beta50.9.7 beta60.9.7a0.9.7b0.9.7c0.9.7d0.9.7e0.9.7f0.9.7g0.9.7h0.9.7i0.9.7j0.9.7k0.9.7l0.9.80.9.8a0.9.8b0.9.8c0.9.8d0.9.8e0.9.8f0.9.8g
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00014.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123859864430555&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124277349419254&w=2
References (43)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00013.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00014.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123859864430555&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124277349419254&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127678688104458&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33338Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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