CVE-2014-1959

MEDIUM 5.8CVE-2014-1959 · Published 07/03/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-1959 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability affecting gnutls (gnu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.4%, higher than 88.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gnutls gnu	`= 3.1.0= 3.1.1= 3.1.10= 3.1.11= 3.1.12= 3.1.13= 3.1.14= 3.1.15= 3.1.16= 3.1.17= 3.1.18= 3.1.19= 3.1.2= 3.1.3= 3.1.4= 3.1.5= 3.1.6= 3.1.7= 3.1.8= 3.1.9= 3.2.0= 3.2.1= 3.2.2= 3.2.3= 3.2.4= 3.2.5= 3.2.6= 3.2.7= 3.2.8= 3.2.8.1= 3.2.9≤ 3.1.20≤ 3.2.10`	No fix yet

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.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

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= 3.1.0= 3.1.1= 3.1.10= 3.1.11= 3.1.12= 3.1.13= 3.1.14= 3.1.15= 3.1.16= 3.1.17= 3.1.18= 3.1.19= 3.1.2= 3.1.3= 3.1.4= 3.1.5= 3.1.6= 3.1.7= 3.1.8= 3.1.9= 3.2.0= 3.2.1= 3.2.2= 3.2.3= 3.2.4= 3.2.5= 3.2.6= 3.2.7= 3.2.8= 3.2.8.1= 3.2.9≤ 3.1.20≤ 3.2.10

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