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CVE-2009-1417 Detail

Description

gnutls-cli in GnuTLS before 2.6.6 does not verify the activation and expiration times of X.509 certificates, which allows remote attackers to successfully present a certificate that is (1) not yet valid or (2) no longer valid, related to lack of time checks in the _gnutls_x509_verify_certificate function in lib/x509/verify.c in libgnutls_x509, as used by (a) Exim, (b) OpenLDAP, and (c) libsoup.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/11/2009)

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5. For further details, see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-1417

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3517 Patch 
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3517 Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34842 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34842 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35211
http://secunia.com/advisories/35211
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-04.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-04.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:116
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:116
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34783
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34783
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022159
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022159
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1218
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1218
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50261
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50261

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1417
NVD Published Date:
04/30/2009
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE