gnutls -- multiple certificate verification issues

GnuTLS project reports: A vulnerability was discovered that affects the certificate verification functions of all gnutls versions. A specially crafted certificate could bypass certificate validation checks. The vulnerability was discovered during an audit of GnuTLS for Red Hat. Suman Jana reporte...

[USN-2121-1] GnuTLS vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2121-1 February 25, 2014 gnutls26 vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

USN-2121-1: GnuTLS vulnerability

Suman Jana discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled version 1 intermediate certificates. This resulted in them being considered to be a valid CA certificate by default, which was contrary to documented behaviour...

[BSA-093] Security Update for gnutls28

Andreas Metzler uploaded new packages for gnutls28 which fixed the following security problems: CVE-2014-1959 / DSA 2866-1 / GNUTLS-SA-2014-1 Suman Jana reported that GnuTLS, deviating from the documented behavior considers a version 1 intermediate certificate as a CA certificate by default. For...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2866-1 (gnutls26 - certificate verification flaw)

Suman Jana reported that GnuTLS, deviating from the documented behavior, considers a version 1 intermediate certificate as a CA certificate by default. The oldstable distribution squeeze is not affected by this problem as X.509 version 1 trusted CA certificates are not allowed by default. OpenVAS...

Updated gnutls packages fix security vulnerability

Suman Jana reported a vulnerability that affects the certificate verification functions of gnutls 3.1.x and gnutls 3.2.x. A version 1 intermediate certificate will be considered as a CA certificate by default something that deviates from the documented behavior CVE-2014-1959...