CVE-2014-1959

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Gnutls
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 March 2014

Summary

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.

References

http://www.gnutls.org/security.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/344
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/345
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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