VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-2531
X.509 Certificate Signature Verification in Gnu transport layer security library (GnuTLS) 1.0.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certificates containing long chains and signed with large RSA keys.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.69%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
X.509 Certificate Signature Verification in Gnu transport layer security library (GnuTLS) 1.0.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certificates containing long chains and signed with large RSA keys.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.69% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/gnutls
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12156Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010838Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/8278Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10839Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16858
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12156Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010838Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/8278Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10839Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16858
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.