CVE-2008-4989
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-11-13 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:31
Severity ?
Summary
The _gnutls_x509_verify_certificate function in lib/x509/verify.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.6.1 trusts certificate chains in which the last certificate is an arbitrary trusted, self-signed certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert a spoofed certificate for any Distinguished Name (DN).
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3215Broken Link, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3217Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.htmlMailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.htmlMailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32619Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32681Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32687Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32879Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33501Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33694Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/35423Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-10.xmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-260528-1Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0322Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1719Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.htmlProduct
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:227Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0982.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498431/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32232Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021167Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-678-2Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3086Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1567Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46482Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2886Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11650Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/678-1/Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00222.htmlMailing List
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00293.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3215Broken Link, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3217Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32619Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32681Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32687Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32879Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33501Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33694Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35423Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-10.xmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-260528-1Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0322Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1719Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.htmlProduct
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:227Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0982.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498431/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32232Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021167Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-678-2Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3086Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1567Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46482Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2886Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11650Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/678-1/Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00222.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00293.htmlMailing List
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Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.