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)
Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33828
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511521
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33806
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/4
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/16883
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/823
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479664
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00034.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0242
EPSS Percentile
82.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (2)
berkeley/boinc_client
6.2.14
berkeley/boinc_client
6.4.5
Published
Jan 15, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026