CVE-2009-0642

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-01-29
Bugzilla:
486183: CVE-2009-0642 ruby: Incorrect checks for validity of X.509 certificates

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

ext/openssl/ossl_ocsp.c in Ruby 1.8 and 1.9 does not properly check the return value from the OCSP_basic_verify function, which might allow remote attackers to successfully present an invalid X.509 certificate, possibly involving a revoked certificate.

Find out more about CVE-2009-0642 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (ruby) RHSA-2009:1140 2009-07-02
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (ruby) RHSA-2009:1140 2009-07-02

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