CVE-2009-0046 — 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

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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

Published Jan 7, 2009

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.18%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.18% 0.01181

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01181

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.18% (0.01181)	66.60th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.18% (0.01181)	63.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.09% (0.00088)	22.93th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.30% (0.00305)	70.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.30% (0.00305)	68.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.30% (0.00305)	65.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

References (3)

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499827/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0045
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499827/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0045		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 7, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2009

Link CVE-2009-0046

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-0046

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-0046