CVE-2014-1959

gnutls: incorrect handling of V1 intermediate certificates (GNUTLS-SA-2014-1)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 12, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

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.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of gnutls as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWE not specified