DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5077

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5077
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5077.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5077
Upstream
Published
2009-01-07T17:30:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:07:58.133209Z
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / openssl

Package

Name
openssl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.8g-15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / openssl

Package

Name
openssl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.8g-15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / openssl

Package

Name
openssl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.8g-15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / openssl

Package

Name
openssl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.8g-15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}