CVE-2014-8155

gnutls: gnutls does not perform date/time checks on CA certificates

Published Aug 14, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
GnuTLS before 2.9.10 does not verify the activation and expiration dates of CA certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a certificate issued by a CA certificate that is (1) not yet valid or (2) no longer valid.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-180-1 gnutls26 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-7996 GnuTLS before 2.9.10 does not verify the activation and expiration dates of CA certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a certificate issued by a CA certificate that is (1) not yet valid or (2) no longer valid.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2540-1 GnuTLS vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00209}

epss

{'score': 0.00286}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00129}

epss

{'score': 0.00209}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:10 PM
Reserved
Oct 10, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 14, 2015, 6:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:16 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 14, 2010, 12:00 AM