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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/16883
- http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/823Vendor Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511521Exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/4
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33806
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33828
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479664Exploit
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00034.html
- http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/16883
- http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/823Vendor Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511521Exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/4
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33806
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33828
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479664Exploit
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00034.html
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 15, 2009
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified