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The CMS_verify function in OpenSSL 0.9.8h through 0.9.8j,...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 3, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The CMS_verify function in OpenSSL 0.9.8h through 0.9.8j, when CMS is enabled, does not properly handle errors associated with malformed signed attributes, which allows remote attackers to repudiate a signature that originally appeared to be valid but was actually invalid.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 27, 2009
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 3, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

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Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2009-0591

GHSA ID

GHSA-xfgm-r927-x577

Source code

No known source code

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