CVE-2008-4989
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 13, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 6, 2008
Description
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).
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- MDVSA-2008:227vendor-advisory
- USN-678-2vendor-advisory
- 33694third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200901-10vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0982vendor-advisory
- USN-678-1vendor-advisory
- 20081117 rPSA-2008-0322-1 gnutlsmailing-list
- [gnutls-devel] 20081110 GnuTLS 2.6.1 - Security release [GNUTLS-SA-2008-3]mailing-list
- [gnutls-devel] 20081110 Analysis of vulnerability GNUTLS-SA-2008-3 CVE-2008-4989mailing-list
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0322
- 32687third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-9600vendor-advisory
- http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2886
- 35423third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2008:027vendor-advisory
- 32232vdb-entry
- 1021167vdb-entry
- 260528vendor-advisory
- 33501third-party-advisory
- 32879third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-1567vdb-entry
- 32619third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-3086vdb-entry
- 32681third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2009:009vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11650vdb-entrysignature
- DSA-1719vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-9530vendor-advisory
- gnutls-x509-name-spoofing(46482)vdb-entry
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