58185 : PHP php_openssl_apply_verification_policy Certificate Validation Unspecified Issue
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2009-09-16	2009-09-16

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-3291" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The php_openssl_apply_verification_policy function in PHP before 5.2.11 does not properly perform certificate validation, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, probably related to an ability to spoof certificates.

Classification

Location: Location Unknown
Attack Type: Attack Type Unknown
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.2.11 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-3291 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 36449
Secunia Advisory ID: 36791 37151 37313 37498 38090 38188 40262 44532
ISS X-Force ID: 53334
Keyword: c02247738, HPSBUX02543, SSRT100152
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02247738
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1940
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201001-03.xml
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_11.php
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-862-1
https://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02824490
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.11
RedHat RHSA: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0040.html
Mail List Post: http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2011/May/69
Vendor URL: http://www.php.net/
News Article: http://www.scmagazineus.com/Apple-distributes-whopper-of-security-update/article/157531/

Tools & Filters

	42433

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-09-22 | Disagree?

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