CVE-2009-0591 (GCVE-0-2009-0591)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-03-27 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:40
VLAI
Summary
The CMS_verify function in OpenSSL 0.9.8h through 0.9.8j, when CMS is enabled, does not properly handle errors associated with malformed signed attributes, which allows remote attackers to repudiate a signature that originally appeared to be valid but was actually invalid.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1021907 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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Date Public
2009-03-25 00:00
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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



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