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.
Published: 2014-03-06
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2866-1 gnutls26 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-2012 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2121-1 GnuTLS vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:58:15.628Z

Reserved: 2014-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-1959

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-03-07T00:10:57.620

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-1959

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-02-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-1959 - Bugzilla

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