CVE-2014-8155

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8155
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-14 18:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionGnuTLS before 2.9.10 does not verify the activation and expiration dates of CA certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a certificate issued by a CA certificate that is (1) not yet valid or (2) no longer valid.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-17 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Gnutls All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Extended time verification to trusted certificate list as well. Introduced (897cbce6) · Commits · gnutls / GnuTLS · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gitlab.com
support.f5.com/csp/article/K53330207 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.f5.com
GnuTLS CVE-2014-8155 Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-8155 MITRE access.redhat.com
1197995 – (CVE-2014-8155) CVE-2014-8155 gnutls: gnutls does not perform date/time checks on CA certificates MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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