CVE-2004-2531 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2005-10-25

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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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.

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.

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

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Subscriptions

Gnu Gnutls

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-25T04:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2005-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2531

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2531

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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