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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-0025: BIND: Incorrect signature verification

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-0025: BIND: Incorrect signature verification

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/07/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

BIND 9.6.0, 9.5.1, 9.5.0, 9.4.3, and earlier does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL DSA_verify 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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-dns-bind

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