CVE-2009-0125 (GCVE-0-2009-0125)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-15 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:24 Disputed
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Summary
NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the upstream vendor. nasl/nasl_crypto2.c in the Nessus Attack Scripting Language library (aka libnasl) 2.2.11 does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL DSA_do_verify 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. NOTE: the upstream vendor has disputed this issue, stating "while we do misuse this function (this is a bug), it has absolutely no security ramification.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2009-01-12 00:00
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