Description
Sun GridEngine 5.3 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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0045
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499827/100/0/threaded
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
24.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (2)
sun/grid_engine
5.3 beta1 (2 CPE variants)
sun/grid_engine
< 5.3
Published
Jan 07, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026