CVE-2009-0047
Gale <= 0.99 - Improper Authentication via OpenSSL EVP_VerifyFinal Return Value
Title source: llmDescription
Gale 0.99 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
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
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0046
Scores
EPSS
0.0118
EPSS Percentile
63.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-287
CWE-310
Status
published
Products (22)
gale/gale
0.15
gale/gale
0.15b
gale/gale
0.15c
gale/gale
0.16
gale/gale
0.16a
gale/gale
0.17
gale/gale
0.17a
gale/gale
0.18
gale/gale
0.18b
gale/gale
0.18c
... and 12 more
Published
Jan 07, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026