What is CVE-2009-0051?

CVE-2009-0051 is a vulnerability in Zxid, classified under Improper Authentication. Published 2009-01-07.

Is CVE-2009-0051 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Zxid

CVE-2009-0051

ZXID 0.29 and earlier does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL DSA_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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.012 (64.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Zxid — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon
chnzzh/OpenSSL-CVE-lib

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-0051?: CVE-2009-0051 is a vulnerability in Zxid, classified under Improper Authentication. Published 2009-01-07.
Is CVE-2009-0051 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.