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TI-2009-00045 Aliases CVE-2009-0047GHSA-7r33-3gh8-245q

Gale 0.99 and earlier does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL…

Priority LOW 25CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

Gale 0.99 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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01181 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 22

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.99VulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.15VulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.15b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.15bVulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.15c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.15cVulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.16VulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.16a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.16aVulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.17VulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.17a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.17aVulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.18VulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.18b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.18bVulnerableGale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.99 Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.15 Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.15b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.15b Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.15c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.15c Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.16 Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.16a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.16a Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.17 Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.17a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.17a Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.18 Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.18b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.18b Vulnerable ·Gale
Show 12 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.18c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.18cVulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.19VulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.19a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.19aVulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.19b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.19bVulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.20a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.20aVulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.21VulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.90a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.90aVulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.90b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.90bVulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.90c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.90cVulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.91VulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.91a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.91aVulnerableGale
cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.91b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.91bVulnerableGale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.18c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.18c Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.19 Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.19a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.19a Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.19b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.19b Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.20a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.20a Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.21 Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.90a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.90a Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.90b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.90b Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.90c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.90c Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.91 Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.91a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.91a Vulnerable ·Gale
  • cpe:2.3:a:gale:gale:0.91b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.91b Vulnerable ·Gale

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-0047
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7r33-3gh8-245q

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

Sources

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