CVE-2015-0282

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-03-11

Description

It was found that GnuTLS did not verify whether a hashing algorithm listed in a signature matched the hashing algorithm listed in the certificate. An attacker could create a certificate that used a different hashing algorithm than it claimed, possibly causing GnuTLS to use an insecure, disallowed hashing algorithm during certificate verification.

See more information about CVE-2015-0282 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (gnutls)	ELSA-2015-1457	2015-07-28
Oracle VM version 3.3 (gnutls)	OVMSA-2015-0101	2015-07-29

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