CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-0642

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2009-02-20 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-02-20
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

ext/openssl/ossl_ocsp.c in Ruby 1.8 and 1.9 does not properly check the return value from the OCSP_basic_verify function, which might allow remote attackers to successfully present an invalid X.509 certificate, possibly involving a revoked certificate.

Affected configurations

• ruby-lang ruby 1.8 • ruby-lang ruby 1.9

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-299 Improper Check for Certificate Revocation weakness

References