CVE-2009-0653

published 2009-02-20

CVE-2009-0653: OpenSSL, probably 0.9.6, does not verify the Basic Constraints for an intermediate CA-signed certificate, which allows remote attackers to spoof the…

Priority P4 28 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C P I P A P

OpenSSL, probably 0.9.6, does not verify the Basic Constraints for an intermediate CA-signed certificate, which allows remote attackers to spoof the certificates of trusted sites via a man-in-the-middle attack, a related issue to CVE-2002-0970.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	openssl	< openssl 0.9.8-1 (bookworm)	openssl 0.9.8-1 (bookworm)
openssl	openssl	—	—
openssl	openssl	>= 0 < 0.9.8-1	0.9.8-1
openssl	openssl	>= 0 < 0.9.8-1	0.9.8-1
openssl	openssl	>= 0 < 0.9.8-1	0.9.8-1
openssl	openssl	>= 0 < 0.9.8-1	0.9.8-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 7.5 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.5 HIGH

vendor_redhat 7.5 HIGH

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