CVE-2009-1417

gnutls: certificate expiration not checked by gnutls-cli [GNUTLS-SA-2009-3]

Published Apr 30, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
gnutls-cli in GnuTLS before 2.6.6 does not verify the activation and expiration times of X.509 certificates, which allows remote attackers to successfully present a certificate that is (1) not yet valid or (2) no longer valid, related to lack of time checks in the _gnutls_x509_verify_certificate function in lib/x509/verify.c in libgnutls_x509, as used by (a) Exim, (b) OpenLDAP, and (c) libsoup.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1415 gnutls-cli in GnuTLS before 2.6.6 does not verify the activation and expiration times of X.509 certificates, which allows remote attackers to successfully present a certificate that is (1) not yet valid or (2) no longer valid, related to lack of time checks in the _gnutls_x509_verify_certificate function in lib/x509/verify.c in libgnutls_x509, as used by (a) Exim, (b) OpenLDAP, and (c) libsoup.
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:13 AM
Reserved
Apr 24, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 30, 2009, 8:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:07 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Apr 30, 2009, 12:00 AM