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CVE-2009-1417
gnutls-cli in GnuTLS before 2.6.6 does not verify the activation and expiration times of X.509 certificates, which allows remote attackers…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
Description
gnutls-cli in GnuTLS before 2.6.6 does not verify the activation and expiration times of X.509 certificates, which allows remote attackers to successfully present a certificate that is (1) not yet valid or (2) no longer valid, related to lack of time checks in the _gnutls_x509_verify_certificate function in lib/x509/verify.c in libgnutls_x509, as used by (a) Exim, (b) OpenLDAP, and (c) libsoup.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- gnutls-gnutlscli-spoofing(50261) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1022159 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1218 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 34783 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200905-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [gnutls-devel] 20090430 Certificate expiration not checked by gnutls-cli [GNUTLS-SA-2009-3] [CVE-2009-1417] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 34842 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35211 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:116 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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