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CVE-2009-0046

Sun GridEngine 5.3 and earlier does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL 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, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2008-5077.

Published

2009-01-07T18:30:01.453

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-287

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	sun	grid_engine	≤ 5.3	Yes
Application	sun	grid_engine	5.3	Yes
Application	sun	grid_engine	5.3	Yes

References

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499827/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0045 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499827/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0045 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)