CVE-2015-0294

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2015-02-27
CWE:
CWE-295
Bugzilla:
1196323: CVE-2015-0294 gnutls: certificate algorithm consistency checking issue
It was discovered that GnuTLS did not check if all sections of X.509 certificates indicate the same signature algorithm. This flaw, in combination with a different flaw, could possibly lead to a bypass of the certificate signature check.

Find out more about CVE-2015-0294 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the version of gnutls package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.

This issue affects the version of gnutls package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Extended Life Cycle phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (gnutls) RHSA-2015:1457 2015-07-21

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gnutls Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gnutls Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3 mingw-virt-viewer Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos of the Red Hat Security Technologies Team.

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