What is CVE-2009-0047?

CVE-2009-0047 is a vulnerability in Gale, classified under Improper Authentication. Published 2009-01-07.

Is CVE-2009-0047 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Gale

CVE-2009-0047

Gale 0.99 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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.012 (64.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Gale — versions 0.15, 0.15b, 0.15c
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-0047?: CVE-2009-0047 is a vulnerability in Gale, classified under Improper Authentication. Published 2009-01-07.
Is CVE-2009-0047 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.