CVE-2015-2091

Summary

CVECVE-2015-2091
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-13 14:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe authentication hook (mgs_hook_authz) in mod-gnutls 0.5.10 and earlier does not validate client certificates when "GnuTLSClientVerify require" is set, which allows remote attackers to spoof clients via a crafted certificate.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Mod-gnutls All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
mod_gnutls: Certificate validation error (GLSA 201709-04) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3177-1 mod-gnutls af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.outoforder.cc Vendor Advisory
#578663 - libapache2-mod-gnutls: GnuTLSClientVerify require is ignored. - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710362 Gentoo Linux mod_gnuTransport Layer Security (TLS) Certificate validation error Vulnerability (GLSA 201709-04)

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