CVE-2009-5138

N/A Unknown
Published: March 07, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026
View on NVD

Description

GnuTLS before 2.7.6, when the GNUTLS_VERIFY_ALLOW_X509_V1_CA_CRT flag is not enabled, 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1959.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12223
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00000.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00003.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00020.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0247.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/57254
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/57260
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/57274
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/57321
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3351/focus=3361
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12127
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069301
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/c8dcbedd1fdc312f5b1a70fcfbc1afe235d800cd
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12223
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00003.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0247.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/57254
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/57260
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/57274
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/57321
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3351/focus=3361
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12127
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069301
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/c8dcbedd1fdc312f5b1a70fcfbc1afe235d800cd
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch

28 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
75th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

gnu

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