CVE-2008-4989

Description

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).

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-295

References

• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3215
• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3217
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32619
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32681