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CVE-2008-4989

Published: Nov 13, 2008

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

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).

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

MDVSA-2008:227
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
USN-678-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
33694
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
GLSA-200901-10
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
RHSA-2008:0982
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-678-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
20081117 rPSA-2008-0322-1 gnutls
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
32687
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
FEDORA-2008-9600
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
35423
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
SUSE-SR:2008:027
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
32232
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
1021167
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
260528
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUNALERT
33501
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
32879
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
ADV-2009-1567
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
32619
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
ADV-2008-3086
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
32681
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
SUSE-SR:2009:009
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11650
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
DSA-1719
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
FEDORA-2008-9530
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
gnutls-x509-name-spoofing(46482)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF

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