VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-1959

CVSS score5.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-03-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

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.

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