CVE-2014-1959

high

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

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

Published: 2014-03-07

Updated: 2016-11-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High