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Gale EVP_VerifyFinal() Security Bypass Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Wont Fix
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is running Gale and is prone to security bypass vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to improper validation of return value in EVP_VerifyFinal function of openssl.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Gale version 0.99 and prior on Linux.
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.