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CVE-2009-5138

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.8 Published: 2014-03-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

GnuTLS before 2.7.6, when the GNUTLS_VERIFY_ALLOW_X509_V1_CA_CRT flag is not enabled, treats version 1 X.509 certificates as intermediate CAs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging a X.509 V1 certificate from a trusted CA to issue new certificates, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1959.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Gnutls

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References