CVE-2009-0125

high

Description

NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the upstream vendor. nasl/nasl_crypto2.c in the Nessus Attack Scripting Language library (aka libnasl) 2.2.11 does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL DSA_do_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. NOTE: the upstream vendor has disputed this issue, stating "while we do misuse this function (this is a bug), it has absolutely no security ramification.

References

http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2009-January/002133.html

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/4

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html

http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/libnasl/F-10/libnasl.spec?r1=1.16&r2=1.17

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-01-15

Updated: 2024-08-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High