PT-2009-6707 · University Of California · Boinc

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 1970-01-01 · Updated 2009-03-06 · CVE-2009-0126

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 BOINC versions 6.2.14 through 6.4.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature. This can lead to a breach of confidentiality of protected information. The exploitation of the issue can be done remotely.

Recommendations For BOINC versions 6.2.14 and 6.4.5, consider disabling the decrypt public function in lib/crypt.cpp as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-03077

BDU:2015-03078

BDU:2015-03079

CVE-2009-0126

DSA-1718-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10658-1

Affected Products

Boinc

References · 18

• 🔥 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511521 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479664 · Exploit
• http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/823 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0126 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-03077 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00034.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0126 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0126 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-0126 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0126 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-03078 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-03079 · Security Note
• http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/16883 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33828 · Note