Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2008-4989
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
1.88%
Original Filing — NVD Description
The _gnutls_x509_verify_certificate function in lib/x509/verify.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.6.1 trusts certificate chains in which the last certificate is an arbitrary trusted, self-signed certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert a spoofed certificate for any Distinguished Name (DN).