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 CAs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging a
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-03-06 18:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-02-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 41e4642d0bbdd06619cc37169786bc7fac396b8c9e7475f56748c4301a8c3f2b
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.gnutls.orghttp://www.gnutls.org/security.html
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140213 CVE Request - GnuTLS corrects flaw in certificate verification (3.1.x/3.2.x)http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/344
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140213 Re: CVE Request - GnuTLS corrects flaw in certificate verification (3.1.x/3.2.x)http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/345
- www.securityfocus.com65559http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65559
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2121-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2121-1
- www.gitorious.orghttps://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/b1abfe3d182d68539900092eb42fc62cf1bb7e7c
- www.debian.orgDSA-2866http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2866
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gnutls28 Fixed in 3.2.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gnutls28 Fixed in 3.2.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gnutls28 Fixed in 3.2.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- gnutls26 Fixed in 2.12.23-12ubuntu1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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