CVE-2004-2531 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

X.509 Certificate Signature Verification in Gnu transport layer security library (GnuTLS) 1.0.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certificates containing long chains and signed with large RSA keys.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00872.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Gnutls

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:1.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2522	X.509 Certificate Signature Verification in Gnu transport layer security library (GnuTLS) 1.0.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certificates containing long chains and signed with large RSA keys.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/12156
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010838
http://www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/8278
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10839
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16858

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-25T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:29:13.816Z

Reserved: 2005-10-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-2531

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-2531

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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