CVE-2014-1959

Severity

57%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

81%

lib/x509/verify.c in GnuTLS before 3.1.21 and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 treats version 1 X.509 certificates as intermediate CAs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging a X.509 V1 certificate from a trusted CA to issue new certificates.

lib/x509/verify.c in GnuTLS before 3.1.21 and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 treats version 1 X.509 certificates as intermediate CAs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging a X.509 V1 certificate from a trusted CA to issue new certificates.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-03-07 00:10:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-11-28 19:10:00

Affected Software

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.0

3.1.0

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.1

3.1.1

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.2

3.1.2

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.3

3.1.3

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.4

3.1.4

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.5

3.1.5

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.6

3.1.6

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.7

3.1.7

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.8

3.1.8

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.9

3.1.9

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.10

3.1.10

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.11

3.1.11

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.12

3.1.12

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.13

3.1.13

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.14

3.1.14

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.15

3.1.15

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.16

3.1.16

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.17

3.1.17

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.18

3.1.18

GNU GnuTLS 3.1.19

3.1.19

GNU GnuTLS

GNU GnuTLS 3.2.0

3.2.0

GNU GnuTLS 3.2.1

3.2.1

GNU GnuTLS 3.2.2

3.2.2

GNU GnuTLS 3.2.3

3.2.3

GNU GnuTLS 3.2.4

3.2.4

GNU GnuTLS 3.2.5

3.2.5

GNU GnuTLS 3.2.6

3.2.6

GNU GnuTLS 3.2.7

3.2.7

GNU GnuTLS 3.2.8

3.2.8

GNU GnuTLS 3.2.8.1

3.2.8.1

GNU GnuTLS 3.2.9

3.2.9

References

[oss-security] 20140213 CVE Request - GnuTLS corrects flaw in certificate verification (3.1.x/3.2.x)

[oss-security] 20140213 Re: CVE Request - GnuTLS corrects flaw in certificate verification (3.1.x/3.2.x)

DSA-2866

http://www.gnutls.org/security.html

Vendor Advisory

65559

USN-2121-1

https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/b1abfe3d182d68539900092eb42fc62cf1bb7e7c

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