Description
The decrypt_public function in lib/crypt.cpp in the client in Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) 6.2.14 and 6.4.5 does not check the return value from the OpenSSL RSA_public_decrypt function, which allows remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2008-5077.
Published: 2009-01-15
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1718-1 New boinc packages fix validation bypass
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0135 The decrypt_public function in lib/crypt.cpp in the client in Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) 6.2.14 and 6.4.5 does not check the return value from the OpenSSL RSA_public_decrypt function, which allows remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2008-5077.
History

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Berkeley Boinc Client
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:24:17.535Z

Reserved: 2009-01-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0126

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-01-15T17:30:00.563

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

Link: CVE-2009-0126

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2009-01-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-0126 - Bugzilla

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