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gnutls28 — security advisory
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.
- Products
- gnutls28
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.2.11-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2014-1959
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1959
gnutls28
Fixed versions: 3.2.11-1
gnutls28
Fixed versions: 3.2.11-1
gnutls28
Fixed versions: 3.2.11-1
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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