boinc-client: Does not check the RSA_public_decrypt() return value.
Published Jan 15, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.42%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 6.2.14
- 6.4.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.42% (0.02420) | 83.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.42% (0.02420) | 81.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.50% (0.00502) | 63.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.54% (0.01539) | 69.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.50% (0.00502) | 63.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.65% (0.00652) | 80.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.65% (0.00652) | 78.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.65% (0.00652) | 76.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/16883 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/823 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511521 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33806 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33828 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0126 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479664 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0126
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0126
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00034.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/16883 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/823 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511521 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33806 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33828 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0126 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479664 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0126 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0126 | ||
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00034.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
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