Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-2531
CVE-2004-2531
Description
X.509 Certificate Signature Verification in Gnu transport layer security library (GnuTLS) 1.0.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certificates containing long chains and signed with large RSA keys.
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Affected products
2- Range: =1.0.16
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- secunia.com/advisories/12156nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.hornik.sk/SA/SA-20040802.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.osvdb.org/8278nvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10839nvdPatch
- lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2004-August/000703.htmlnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16858nvd
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