CVE-2009-5138

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-5138
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-03-07 00:10:53 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionGnuTLS before 2.7.6, when the GNUTLS_VERIFY_ALLOW_X509_V1_CA_CRT flag is not enabled, 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1959.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.7.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.7.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.7.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.7.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls 2.7.4 All All All
Application Gnu Gnutls All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
thread.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 thread.gmane.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0322-1: critical: Security update for g af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA57321 - Red Hat update for gnutls - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0320-1: critical: Security update for g af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA57260 - SUSE update for gnutls - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
gitorious.org Git - gnutls:gnutls.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gitorious.org Exploit, Patch
article.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 article.gmane.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0319-1: critical: Security update for g af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA57274 - SUSE update for gnutls - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA57254 - SUSE update for gnutls - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
thread.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 thread.gmane.org
Bug 1069301 – CVE-2009-5138 gnutls: incorrect handling of V1 intermediate certificates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0445-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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