CVE-2009-0126 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass SSL/TLS certificate validation in the BOINC client by exploiting unchecked return values in RSA decryption, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-0126?
CVE-2009-0126 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Jan 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0126?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Berkeley Boinc Client.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0126?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2009-0126 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0126 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0126, DSA-1718-1, GHSA-gpcp-59gr-fj3v.