CVE-2009-5144

Publication date 3 February 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

mod-gnutls does not validate client certificates when "GnuTLSClientVerify require" is set in a directory context, which allows remote attackers to spoof clients via a crafted certificate.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mod-gnutls	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
mod-gnutls	Upstream: https://mod.gnutls.org/changeset?reponame=mod_gnutls&new=1c90c184b5bc87f18a0a2c09af4e1a38c6abd179%40%2F&old=377a9000b154b16c4fb6dd2fab0b995866b10795%40%2F

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-5144