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CVE-2004-2531

X.509 Certificate Signature Verification in Gnu transport layer security library (GnuTLS) 1.0.16 allows remote attackers

X.509 Certificate Signature Verification in Gnu transport layer security library (GnuTLS) 1.0.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certificates containing long chains and signed with large RSA keys.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00872
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
gnu gnutlsall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD31 Dec 2004 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

7
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/12156PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010838PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txtPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/8278Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10839Patch
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