Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 7, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-0047
CVE-2009-0047
Description
Gale 0.99 and earlier does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL 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, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2008-5077.
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24cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 22 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.99
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.15b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.15c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.16a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.17a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.18b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.18c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.19a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.19b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.20a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.90a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.90b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.90c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.91a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.91b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=0.99
- Range: <=0.99
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