Vulnerability CVE-2009-0046
Published: 2009-01-07   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Sun GridEngine 5.3 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.

Type:

CWE-287

 (Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
SUN -> Grid engine 

 References:
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499827/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0045
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