CVE-2014-8155
GnuTLS before 2.9.10 does not verify the activation and expiration dates of CA certificates,...
GnuTLS before 2.9.10 does not verify the activation and expiration dates of CA certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a certificate issued by a CA certificate that is (1) not yet valid or (2) no longer valid.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.3
GnuTLS before 2.9.10 does not verify the activation and expiration dates of CA certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a certificate issued by a CA certificate that is (1) not yet valid or (2) no longer valid.
- Record
CVE-2014-8155- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-17
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
GnuTLS before 2.9.10 does not verify the activation and expiration dates of CA certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a certificate issued by a CA certificate that is (1) not yet valid or (2) no longer valid.
- Record
CVE-2014-8155- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-7996 No score
GnuTLS before 2.9.10 does not verify the activation and expiration dates of CA certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a certificate issued by a CA certificate that is (1) not yet valid or (2) no longer valid.
- Record
EUVD-2014-7996- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q3j8-fx5r-2c6f No score
GnuTLS before 2.9.10 does not verify the activation and expiration dates of CA certificates,...
GnuTLS before 2.9.10 does not verify the activation and expiration dates of CA certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a certificate issued by a CA certificate that is (1) not yet valid or (2) no longer valid.
- Record
GHSA-q3j8-fx5r-2c6f- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0675-1 No score
Security update for gnutls
GnuTLS has been patched to ensure proper parsing of session ids during the TLS/SSL handshake. Additionally, three issues inherited from libtasn1 have been fixed.
Further information is available at http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2014-3 http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2014-3
These security issues have been fixed:
* Possible memory corruption during connect (CVE-2014-3466)
* Multiple boundary check issues could allow DoS (CVE-2014-3467)
* asn1_get_bit_der() can return negative bit length (CVE-2014-3468)
* Possible DoS by NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2014-3469)
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2014-3466
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3466>
- Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0675-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gnutls26Debian:6.0 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.8.6-1+squeeze5, plus listed versions 2.8.6-12.8.6-1+squeeze12.8.6-1+squeeze22.8.6-1+squeeze32.8.6-1+squeeze4 |
2.8.6-1+squeeze5 |
gnutls-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-guileRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutlsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-utilsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-guileRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutlsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gnutls-utilsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-guileRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutlsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-utilsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-guileRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutlsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
gnutls-utilsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.8.5-18.el6 | 0:2.8.5-18.el6 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-8155 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Gnu Gnutls, published June 3, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.05%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/73317
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1457.html
gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/897cbce62c0263a498088ac3e465aa5f05f8719c
support.f5.com/csp/article/K53330207
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8155
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1457
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access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8155
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197995
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q3j8-fx5r-2c6f
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036385
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194371
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196323
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2015/rhsa-2015_1457.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8155
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0282
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0282
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0282
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0294
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0294
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0294
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20150675-1
bugzilla.suse.com/821818
bugzilla.suse.com/835760
bugzilla.suse.com/865804
bugzilla.suse.com/865993
bugzilla.suse.com/880730
bugzilla.suse.com/880910
bugzilla.suse.com/919938
bugzilla.suse.com/921684
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5138
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2116
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0092
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3466
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8155
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0282
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0294