CVE-2004-2531

N/A Unknown
Published: December 31, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/12156
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010838
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor 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
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/12156
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010838
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/8278
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10839
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16858
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.9%
75th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

gnu