Improper Authentication Affecting openssl package, versions <0.9.8-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-OPENSSL-374650
  • published20 Feb 2009
  • disclosed20 Feb 2009

Introduced: 20 Feb 2009

CVE-2009-0653  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable openssl to version 0.9.8-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenSSL, probably 0.9.6, does not verify the Basic Constraints for an intermediate CA-signed certificate, which allows remote attackers to spoof the certificates of trusted sites via a man-in-the-middle attack, a related issue to CVE-2002-0970.

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