CVE-2004-2531

Published: Dec 31, 2004Modified: Apr 16, 2026

7.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Gnutls

Gnu

1 product

Gnutls

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Gnutls	Version 1.0.16

References (14)

http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/12156

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1010838

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/8278

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10839

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16858

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.html