Vulnerability Details CVE-2009-0126
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.005
EPSS Ranking 65.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/16883
- http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/823
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511521
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/4
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33806
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33828
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479664
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00034.html
- http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/16883
- http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/823
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511521
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/4
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33806
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33828
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479664
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00034.html
Products affected by CVE-2009-0126
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cpe:2.3:a:berkeley:boinc_client:6.2.14
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cpe:2.3:a:berkeley:boinc_client:6.4.5