CVE-2004-2531

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.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.87% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory securitytracker.com Vendor Advisory hornik.sk

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010838	patch vendor advisory vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/8278	patch vdb entry
http://www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txt	patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16858	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10839	patch vdb entry
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.html	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/12156	patch vendor advisory third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-2531?: CVE-2004-2531 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-2531?: To fix CVE-2004-2531, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-2531 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2004-2531 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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