# CVE-2009-0127: M2Crypto does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL EVP\_VerifyFinal, DSA\_verify, ECDSA\_verify, DSA\_do\_verify, and ECDSA\_do\_ve

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-01-15 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

M2Crypto does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL EVP_VerifyFinal, DSA_verify, ECDSA_verify, DSA_do_verify, and ECDSA_do_verify functions, which might allow remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2008-5077. NOTE: a Linux vendor disputes the relevance of this report to the M2Crypto product because "these functions are not used anywhere in m2crypto.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479676
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/4
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511515

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