| Name | CVE-2014-1959 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2866-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnutls28 (PTS) | bullseye | 3.7.1-5+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 3.7.1-5+deb11u8 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 3.7.9-2+deb12u5 | fixed | |
| trixie | 3.8.9-3 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 3.8.10-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnutls26 | source | squeeze | (not affected) | |||
| gnutls26 | source | wheezy | 2.12.20-8 | DSA-2866-1 | ||
| gnutls26 | source | (unstable) | 2.12.23-12 | |||
| gnutls28 | source | (unstable) | 3.2.11-1 |
[squeeze] - gnutls26 <not-affected> (does not allow X.509 v1 certificates by default)
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/b1abfe3d18
introduced by https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/60ee8a0eb9975d123002b1cffbefd60a8cd5fae6