DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5077

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5077

    Published: 7 Jan 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-5077

    Summary:

    Details: OpenSSL 0.9.8i and earlier does not properly check the return value from the 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5077

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openssl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/openssl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.8g-15

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High