CVE-2004-2531

GnuTLS 1.0.16 - Denial of Service via X.509 Certificate Signature Verification

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

X.509 Certificate Signature Verification in Gnu transport layer security library (GnuTLS) 1.0.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certificates containing long chains and signed with large RSA keys.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010838
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/8278
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16858
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10839
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/12156

Scores

EPSS 0.0087
EPSS Percentile 75.4%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
gnu/gnutls 1.0.16
Published Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026