CVE-2009-0789
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-0789 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-03-27 16:30:02 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | OpenSSL before 0.9.8k on WIN64 and certain other platforms does not properly handle a malformed ASN.1 structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) by placing this structure in the public key of a certificate, as demonstrated by an RSA public key. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.1c | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.2b | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.3a | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.5 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.5 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.5a | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.5a | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.5a | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6a | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6a | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6a | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6a | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6b | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6c | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6d | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6e | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6f | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6g | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6h | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6i | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6j | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6k | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6l | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.6m | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7 | beta4 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7 | beta5 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7 | beta6 | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7a | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7b | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7c | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7d | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7e | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7f | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7g | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7h | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7i | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7j | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7k | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7l | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.7m | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.8a | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.8b | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.8c | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.8d | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.8e | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.8f | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.8g | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.8h | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.8i | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openssl.org | Vendor Advisory |
| kb.bluecoat.com/index | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | kb.bluecoat.com | |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| NetBSD update for openssl - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Vendor Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:010 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| '[security bulletin] HPSBOV02540 SSRT090249 rev.1 - HP SSL for OpenVMS, Remote Unauthorized Data Inje' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Vendor Advisory |
| PHP: News Archive - 2009 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.php.net | |
| ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-008.txt.asc | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ftp.netbsd.org | |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2011:0845-1: important: compat-openssl09 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| PHP for Windows OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| HP-UX update for OpenSSL - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| VooDoo cIRCle download | SourceForge.net | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sourceforge.net | |
| VooDoo cIRCle OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Webmail | OVH- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Vendor Advisory |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| www.osvdb.org/52866 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.osvdb.org | |
| VooDoo cIRCle security advisory 20090326-01 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net | |
| OpenSSL ASN1 Structure Memory Access Error Lets Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securitytracker.com | |
| marc.info | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| About Security Update 2009-005 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Vendor Advisory |
| APPLE-SA-2009-09-10-2 Security Update 2009-005 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2011:0847-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2009-03-30 | Tomas Hoger | Not vulnerable. This issue only affects a small number of operating systems and does not affect the openssl packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 or 5. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.