CVE-2014-1959

2014-02-2100:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

EPSS

0.007

Percentile

79.5%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-1959>

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	introduced by: https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/60ee8a0eb9975d123002b1cffbefd60a8cd5fae6

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu12.04noarchgnutls26< 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.6UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.10noarchgnutls26< 2.12.14-5ubuntu4.5UNKNOWN
ubuntu13.10noarchgnutls26< 2.12.23-1ubuntu4.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchgnutls26< 2.12.23-12ubuntu1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.10noarchgnutls26< 2.12.23-1ubuntu6UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	gnutls26	< 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.6	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.10	noarch	gnutls26	< 2.12.14-5ubuntu4.5	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	13.10	noarch	gnutls26	< 2.12.23-1ubuntu4.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	gnutls26	< 2.12.23-12ubuntu1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.10	noarch	gnutls26	< 2.12.23-1ubuntu6	UNKNOWN