CVE-2008-4989

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.9/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-295

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Nov 13, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-4989: Medium severity, CVSS 5.9 | Vulnix