CVE-2009-0126
boinc - validation bypass
EPSS 0.50%
Description
The decrypt_public function in lib/crypt.cpp in the client in Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) 6.2.14 and 6.4.5 does not check the return value from the OpenSSL RSA_public_decrypt 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.
How to fix CVE-2009-0126
To remediate CVE-2009-0126, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/boinc—upgrade to 6.2.14-3 or later
- —upgrade to 5.4.11-4+etch1 or later
Is CVE-2009-0126 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 6.2.14-3
- from 0, < 5.4.11-4+etch1