CVE-2008-5077 Security feature bypass in n/a
Medium 5.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-5077 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2008-5077 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 7 Jan 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5077 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Openssl Openssl. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5077/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5077/index.md)
Remote attackers can bypass SSL/TLS certificate validation for DSA and ECDSA keys by exploiting improper return value checks in OpenSSL.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-5077?
CVE-2008-5077 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 7 Jan 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5077?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
openssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-49 |
openssl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-49 |
openssl-perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-49 |
openssl095a Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:0.9.5a-34 |
openssl096 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:0.9.6-34 |
openssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-49 |
openssl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-49 |
openssl-perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-49 |
openssl095a Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:0.9.5a-34 |
openssl096 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:0.9.6-34 |
openssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-49 |
openssl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-49 |
openssl-perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-49 |
openssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-49 |
openssl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-49 |
openssl-perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-49 |
openssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl-perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl096b Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-16.49 |
openssl096b-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-16.49 |
openssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl-perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl096b Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-16.49 |
openssl096b-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-16.49 |
openssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl-perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl096b Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-16.49 |
openssl096b-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-16.49 |
openssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl-perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:0.9.7a-33.25 |
openssl096b Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-16.49 |
openssl096b-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:0.9.6b-16.49 |
Products include Openssl Openssl.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5077?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2008-5077 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5077 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openssl Openssl
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5077, DSA-1701-1, GHSA-5fwv-px3v-6qxv, RHSA-2009:0004.