CVE-2008-5077

OpenSSL 0.9.8i and earlier does not properly check the return value from the 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.

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• secalert@redhathttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00013.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00014.html
• secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123859864430555&w=2
• secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124277349419254&w=2
• secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127678688104458&w=2
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33338
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33394
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33436
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33557
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33673
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33765
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/34211
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35074
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35108