CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5077

5.8 MEDIUM Published 2009-01-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-01-07
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

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 configurations

• openssl openssl (<= 0.9.8h) • openssl openssl 0.9.1c • openssl openssl 0.9.2b • openssl openssl 0.9.3 • openssl openssl 0.9.3a • openssl openssl 0.9.4 • openssl openssl 0.9.5 • openssl openssl 0.9.5a • openssl openssl 0.9.6 • openssl openssl 0.9.6a • openssl openssl 0.9.6b • openssl openssl 0.9.6c • openssl openssl 0.9.6d • openssl openssl 0.9.6e • openssl openssl 0.9.6f • openssl openssl 0.9.6g • openssl openssl 0.9.6h • openssl openssl 0.9.6i • openssl openssl 0.9.6j • openssl openssl 0.9.6k • openssl openssl 0.9.6l • openssl openssl 0.9.6m • openssl openssl 0.9.7 • openssl openssl 0.9.7a • openssl openssl 0.9.7b • openssl openssl 0.9.7c • openssl openssl 0.9.7d • openssl openssl 0.9.7e • openssl openssl 0.9.7f • openssl openssl 0.9.7g • openssl openssl 0.9.7h • openssl openssl 0.9.7i • openssl openssl 0.9.7j • openssl openssl 0.9.7k • openssl openssl 0.9.7l • openssl openssl 0.9.8 • openssl openssl 0.9.8a • openssl openssl 0.9.8b • openssl openssl 0.9.8c • openssl openssl 0.9.8d • openssl openssl 0.9.8e • openssl openssl 0.9.8f • openssl openssl 0.9.8g

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References