PT-2009-2752 · Openssl+1 · Openssl+1

Published 2009-01-07 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2009-0046

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sun GridEngine versions 5.3 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature for DSA and ECDSA keys. This occurs because the software does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL EVP VerifyFinal function.

Recommendations For Sun GridEngine versions 5.3 and earlier, update to a version that properly checks the return value from the OpenSSL EVP VerifyFinal function to prevent bypassing of certificate chain validation.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0046

Affected Products

Openssl

Sun Gridengine

References · 4

• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0045 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0046 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499827/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html · Note