CVE-2004-2531

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16858

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10839

http://www.osvdb.org/8278

http://www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txt

http://securitytracker.com/id?1010838

http://secunia.com/advisories/12156

http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H