Improper Input Validation Affecting openssl package, versions <0.9.8g-15


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.75% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-OPENSSL-374983
  • published7 Jan 2009
  • disclosed7 Jan 2009

Introduced: 7 Jan 2009

CVE-2008-5077  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 openssl to version 0.9.8g-15 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl package and not the openssl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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