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CVE-2009-0049

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2009-01-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Belgian eID middleware (eidlib) 2.6.0 and earlier does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL EVP_VerifyFinal function, which allows remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature for DSA and ECDSA keys, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2008-5077.

Affected Platforms

Eid Eidlib

Weakness Type

CWE-287

References