CVE-2008-4989

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 (60)

• cve@mitrehttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3215
• cve@mitrehttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3217
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32619
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32681
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32687
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32879
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/33501
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/33694
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/35423
• cve@mitrehttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-10.xml
• cve@mitrehttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-260528-1
• cve@mitrehttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0322
• cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1719