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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-5077 Detail

Current Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00013.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00014.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123859864430555&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124277349419254&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127678688104458&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33338 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33394 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33436 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33557 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33673 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33765 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34211 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35108 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/39005 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-02.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.544796 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-250826-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-038.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=837653 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net/sa/sa-20090123-01.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090107.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499827/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33150 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021523 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0040 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0289 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0362 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0558 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0913 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1338 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6380 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9155 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://usn.ubuntu.com/704-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5077
NVD Published Date:
01/07/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.