CVE-2014-1959
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-03-06 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 09:58
Severity ?
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/344
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/345
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2866
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gnutls.org/security.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65559
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2121-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/b1abfe3d182d68539900092eb42fc62cf1bb7e7cExploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/344
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/345
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2866
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gnutls.org/security.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65559
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2121-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/b1abfe3d182d68539900092eb42fc62cf1bb7e7cExploit, Patch
Impacted products
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