CVE-2014-1959
N/A
Published: March 6, 2014 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:05 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGnutls
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2866x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/b1abfe3d182d68539900092eb42fc62cf1bb7e7cQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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