CVE-2014-1959
Last modified
CVE-2014-1959 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 3.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Gnutls | <= 3.1.20 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.0 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.1 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.2 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.3 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.4 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.5 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.6 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.7 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.8 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.9 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.10 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.11 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.12 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.13 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.14 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.15 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.16 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.17 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.18 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.19 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | <= 3.2.10 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.0 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.1 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.2 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.3 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.4 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.5 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.6 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.7 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.8 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.8.1 |
| Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.9 |
References
- http://www.gnutls.org/security.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.gnutls.org/security.htmlVendor Advisory
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