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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-1959

Published: Mar 07, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
5.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1959
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
GnutlsGnu*3.1.20 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.0 (including)3.1.0 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.1 (including)3.1.1 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.2 (including)3.1.2 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.3 (including)3.1.3 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.4 (including)3.1.4 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.5 (including)3.1.5 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.6 (including)3.1.6 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.7 (including)3.1.7 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.8 (including)3.1.8 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.9 (including)3.1.9 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.10 (including)3.1.10 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.11 (including)3.1.11 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.12 (including)3.1.12 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.13 (including)3.1.13 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.14 (including)3.1.14 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.15 (including)3.1.15 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.16 (including)3.1.16 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.17 (including)3.1.17 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.18 (including)3.1.18 (including)
GnutlsGnu3.1.19 (including)3.1.19 (including)
Gnutls26Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Gnutls26Ubuntuprecise*
Gnutls26Ubuntuquantal*
Gnutls26Ubuntusaucy*
Gnutls26Ubuntutrusty*
Gnutls26Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Gnutls26Ubuntuupstream*
Gnutls26Ubuntuutopic*
Gnutls28Ubuntuprecise*
Gnutls28Ubuntuquantal*
Gnutls28Ubuntusaucy*
Gnutls28Ubuntuupstream*

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