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LIN7-72 : Security Advisory - gnutls - CVE-2014-1959

Created: May 19, 2014 Updated: Mar 31, 2016

Resolved Date: May 19, 2014

Found In Version: 7.0.0.0.LB07

Fix Version: 7.0

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7

Component/s: Userspace

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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-1959