CVE-2009-0048 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2009-01-07

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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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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

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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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.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00088.

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-01-07T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:17:10.435Z

Reserved: 2009-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0048

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-01-07T18:30:15.827

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-0048

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-287

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