CVE-2009-0126

BOINC <6.2.14, 6.4.5 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

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.

References (9)

[Various Sources] http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/16883

[Vendor Advisory] http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/823

[Exploit] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511521

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/33806

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/33828

[Exploit] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479664

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00034.html

[Mailing List] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/4

Scores

EPSS 0.0050

EPSS Percentile 65.7%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (2)

berkeley/boinc_client

berkeley/boinc_client

Timeline

Published Jan 15, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026