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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (33)

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• HPSBOV03226 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 33151 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20090107 [oCERT-2008-016] Multiple OpenSSL signature verification API misuses (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2938 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.openbsd.org/errata44.html#008_bind (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0009 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 33546 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-045.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35074 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5569 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 33559 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 250846 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0043 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20090401 VMSA-2009-0004 ESX Service Console updates for openssl, bind, and vim (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• FreeBSD-SA-09:04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
• SSA:2009-014-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• 33882 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10879 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• https://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2009-0025 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• TA09-133A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dns.bind/browse_thread/thread/49ef622c8329fd33 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1297 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 33683 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0366 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20090120 rPSA-2009-0009-1 bind bind-utils (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 33494 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33551 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-0350 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-0025](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-0025.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-0025)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:17 UTC.