CVE-2014-8155

Publication date 31 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Description

GnuTLS before 2.9.10 does not verify the activation and expiration dates of CA certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a certificate issued by a CA certificate that is (1) not yet valid or (2) no longer valid.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gnutls26 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.8.5-2ubuntu0.7
gnutls28 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release

Notes

tyhicks

Fixed upstream in 2.9.10

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
gnutls26

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