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CVE-2008-4989 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2008-4989

MEDIUM5.9

The _gnutls_x509_verify_certificate function in lib/x509/verify

Published Nov 13, 2008

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

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).

References

WEBhttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3215 WEBhttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3217 ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32619 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32681 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32687 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32879 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33501 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33694 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35423 ADVISORYhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-10.xml ADVISORYhttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-260528-1 WEBhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0322 ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1719 WEBhttp://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:227 ADVISORYhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0982.html WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498431/100/0/threaded WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32232 WEBhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021167 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-678-2 WEBhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3086 WEBhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1567 WEBhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46482 WEBhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2886 WEBhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11650 ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/678-1/ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4989 ADVISORYhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00222.html ADVISORYhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00293.html

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

NoneA:N

5.9/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 13, 2008

ModifiedAug 7, 2024