CVE-2009-0591

high

Description

The CMS_verify function in OpenSSL 0.9.8h through 0.9.8j, when CMS is enabled, does not properly handle errors associated with malformed signed attributes, which allows remote attackers to repudiate a signature that originally appeared to be valid but was actually invalid.

References

https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49432

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1548

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1175

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1020

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0850

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34256

http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-04-08-1

http://www.osvdb.org/52865

http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt

http://voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net/sa/sa-20090326-01.html

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=671059&group_id=116847

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021907

http://secunia.com/advisories/42733

http://secunia.com/advisories/42724

http://secunia.com/advisories/36701

http://secunia.com/advisories/35729

http://secunia.com/advisories/35380

http://secunia.com/advisories/35065

http://secunia.com/advisories/34666

http://secunia.com/advisories/34460

http://secunia.com/advisories/34411

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127678688104458&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124464882609472&w=2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-03-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

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

Severity: Low

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