CVE-2014-1959

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.

References

https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/b1abfe3d182d68539900092eb42fc62cf1bb7e7c

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2014-2012

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2121-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65559

http://www.gnutls.org/security.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2866

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/345

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/344

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS