Upstream information

CVE-2009-0126 at MITRE

Description

The decrypt_public function in lib/crypt.cpp in the client in Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) 6.2.14 and 6.4.5 does not check the return value from the OpenSSL RSA_public_decrypt function, which allows remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2008-5077.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 465676 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • boinc-client >= 7.18.0-1.2
  • boinc-client-lang >= 7.18.0-1.2
  • boinc-manager >= 7.18.0-1.2
  • boinc-manager-lang >= 7.18.0-1.2
  • libboinc-devel >= 7.18.0-1.2
  • libboinc7 >= 7.18.0-1.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10658

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:10:20 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:35 2025