Summary
The host is running Gale and is prone to security bypass vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to bypass the certificate validation checks and can cause spoofing attacks via signature checks on DSA and ECDSA keys used with SSL/TLS.
Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
For updates refer to http://www.gale.org/
Insight
The flaw is due to improper validation of return value in EVP_VerifyFinal function of openssl.
Affected
Gale version 0.99 and prior on Linux.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0047 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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