VDB
CVE-2014-1959
CVE-2014-1959
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.23% · 45.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.23%
45.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | gnutls26 | 0, 2.12.23-1ubuntu5, 2.12.23-1ubuntu4 |
Exploit Intelligence
- DSA-2866 (circl)
- http://www.gnutls.org/security.html (circl)
- [oss-security] 20140213 CVE Request - GnuTLS corrects flaw in certificate verification (3.1.x/3.2.x) (circl)
- [oss-security] 20140213 Re: CVE Request - GnuTLS corrects flaw in certificate verification (3.1.x/3.2.x) (circl)
- 65559 (circl)
- USN-2121-1 (circl)
- https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/b1abfe3d182d68539900092eb42fc62cf1bb7e7c (vulncheck-nvd)
- glcve_test.go (github-poc)
- glcve_test.go (github-poc)
- glcve_test.go (github-poc)
…and 3 more exploits
Timeline
- Feb 21, 2014 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1959 third-party-advisory
- https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/b1abfe3d18 third-party-advisory
- http://gnutls.org/security.html third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2121-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1959 third-party-advisory