CVE-2014-1959
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2014-1959 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-03-07 00:10:57 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | 3.2.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gnutls | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fix bug that prevented the rejection of v1 intermediate CA certificates. - Gitorious | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.gitorious.org | Exploit, Patch |
| GnuTLS CVE-2014-1959 Certificate Validation Security Bypass Weakness | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| oss-sec: CVE Request - GnuTLS corrects flaw in certificate verification (3.1.x/3.2.x) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2866-1 gnutls26 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| GnuTLS | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.gnutls.org | Vendor Advisory |
| oss-sec: Re: CVE Request - GnuTLS corrects flaw in certificate verification (3.1.x/3.2.x) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | |
| USN-2121-1: GnuTLS vulnerability | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.