Improper Authentication Affecting boinc package, versions <6.2.14-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.17% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-BOINC-1542284
  • published15 Jan 2009
  • disclosed15 Jan 2009

Introduced: 15 Jan 2009

CVE-2009-0126  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 boinc to version 6.2.14-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream boinc package and not the boinc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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