CVE: CVE-2008-4989

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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).

Threat-Mapped Scoring

Score: 0.0

Priority: Unclassified

EPSS

Score: 0.00393
Percentile: 0.5943

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3.1 Score: 5.9

Severity: MEDIUM

Mapped CWE(s)

CWE-295 : Improper Certificate Validation

All CAPEC(s)

CAPEC-459: Creating a Rogue Certification Authority Certificate
CAPEC-475: Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation

CAPEC(s) with Mapped TTPs

Mapped ATT&CK TTPs

Affected Products

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

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