CVE-2008-5077

Published: 7 January 2009

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
openssl Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (0.9.8a-7ubuntu0.6)
	gutsy	Released (0.9.8e-5ubuntu3.3)
	hardy	Released (0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.4)
	intrepid	Released (0.9.8g-10.1ubuntu2.1)
	upstream	Released (0.9.8j)

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-704-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5077
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Bugs

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/+bug/314776

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