Impact: Low Public Date: 2015-02-27 CWE: CWE-295 Bugzilla: 1196323: CVE-2015-0294 gnutls: certificate algorithm consistency checking issue It was discovered that GnuTLS did not check if all sections of X.509 certificates indicate the same signature algorithm. This flaw, in combination with a different flaw, could possibly lead to a bypass of the certificate signature check.
Find out more about CVE-2015-0294 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the version of gnutls package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.
This issue affects the version of gnutls package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Extended Life Cycle phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (gnutls) | RHSA-2015:1457 | 2015-07-21 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gnutls | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | gnutls | Will not fix |
| RHEV Manager 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Will not fix |
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