UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1959

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1959
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1959.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1959
Upstream
Related
  • USN-2121-1
Published
2014-02-21T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:00Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / gnutls26

Package

Name
gnutls26
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnutls26@2.12.23-12ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.23-12ubuntu1

Affected versions

2.*

2.12.23-1ubuntu4
2.12.23-1ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gnutls-bin",
            "binary_version": "3.0.11+really2.12.23-12ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gnutls26-doc",
            "binary_version": "2.12.23-12ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgnutls-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.12.23-12ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgnutls-openssl27",
            "binary_version": "2.12.23-12ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgnutls26",
            "binary_version": "2.12.23-12ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgnutls26-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.12.23-12ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgnutlsxx27",
            "binary_version": "2.12.23-12ubuntu1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}