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CVE-2014-1959

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 CA

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8 EPSS 0.0023
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Affected Products & Versions

3
gnu gnutls<= 3.1.20
gnu gnutlsall versions
gnu gnutls<= 3.2.10
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocwww.gitorious.org · b1abfe3d182d68539900092eb42fc62cf1bb7e7cwww.gitorious.org
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Scoring & Timeline

5.8
MEDIUM · 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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD07 Mar 2014 · 12:10 AM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10105-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0675-1
rhsaRHSA-2014:0247Important
usnUSN-2121-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/344
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/345
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2866
http://www.gnutls.org/security.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65559
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2121-1
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