OpenSSL 0.9.8i and earlier does not properly check the return value from the 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.
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00013.html cve-icon cve-icon
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-02.xml cve-icon cve-icon
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http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=837653 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0558 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5077 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6380 cve-icon cve-icon
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2009-01-07T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:16.908Z

Reserved: 2008-11-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5077

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-01-07T17:30:00.327

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:53:14.187

Link: CVE-2008-5077

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2009-01-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-5077 - Bugzilla