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.

Affected products

• gnu / gnutls1.0.16 – 1.0.16

References

• MISChttp://securitytracker.com/id?1010838
• MISChttp://www.osvdb.org/8278
• MISChttp://www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txt
• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16858
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10839
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/12156