ghsa-8ph9-x262-cchw
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 02:41
Modified
2024-02-09 03:32
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details

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).

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2008-4989"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2008-11-13T01:00:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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).",
  "id": "GHSA-8ph9-x262-cchw",
  "modified": "2024-02-09T03:32:53Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T02:41:02Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4989"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46482"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2886"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11650"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/678-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00222.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00293.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3215"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3217"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32619"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32681"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32687"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32879"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33501"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33694"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35423"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-10.xml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-260528-1"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0322"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1719"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:227"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0982.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498431/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32232"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021167"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-678-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3086"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1567"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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