CVE-2014-1959 | BDVDB-2026-60237 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.gnutls.org/security.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/344
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/345
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65559
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2121-1
- https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/b1abfe3d182d68539900092eb42fc62cf1bb7e7c
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2866
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.