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Vulnerability details: VCID-13xf-5uk1-aaaa
Vulnerability ID VCID-13xf-5uk1-aaaa
Aliases CVE-2014-1959
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://gnutls.org/security.html
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Reference id Reference type URL
http://gnutls.org/security.html
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-1959.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-1959.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-1959
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1959
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/344
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/345
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2121-1
https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/b1abfe3d18
https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/b1abfe3d182d68539900092eb42fc62cf1bb7e7c
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2866
http://www.gnutls.org/security.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65559
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2121-1
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CVE-2014-1959 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1959
GLSA-201406-09 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-09
USN-2121-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2121-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1959
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.42907
EPSS Score 0.0023
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
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