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CVE-2014-1959

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.8 · CWE-264
5.8CVSS MEDIUM

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.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity
Privileges required
User interaction
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/b1abfe3d182d68539900092eb42fc62cf1bb7e7c ↗