CVE-2009-0124 (GCVE-0-2009-0124)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-15 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:24
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Summary
The tqsl_verifyDataBlock function in openssl_cert.cpp in American Radio Relay League (ARRL) tqsllib 2.0 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, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2008-5077.
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CWE
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2009-01-12 00:00
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