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CVE-2015-0282

gnutls: RSA PKCS#1 signature verification forgery

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4

CVSS 2.0

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Published · March 11, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

It was found that GnuTLS did not verify whether a hashing algorithm listed in a signature matched the hashing algorithm listed in the certificate. An attacker could create a certificate that used a different hashing algorithm than it claimed, possibly causing GnuTLS to use an insecure, disallowed hashing algorithm during certificate verification.

Statement

This issue did not affect the version of gnutls package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

This issue affects the version of gnutls package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Extended Life Cycle phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

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 · 4
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation