CVE catalog

CVE-2008-4989

gnutls-3.4.15-1.1 on GA media

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Published: Nov 11, 2008, 6:26:00 PM UTC
Updated: Mar 9, 2026, 1:19:17 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.88% · Oct 25, 2026

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). gnutls: certificate chain verification flaw

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	gnutls13	4.0	`1.4.4-3`	vulnerable
Debian	gnutls13	4.0	`1.4.4-3+etch1`	vulnerable
Debian	gnutls13	4.0	`1.4.4-3+etch2`	vulnerable
Debian	gnutls13	4.0	`1.4.4-3+etch3`	fixed
Opensuse	gnutls	tumbleweed	`3.4.15-1.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	gnutls13	deb	4.0	`1.4.4-3+etch3`	Not reported	DSA-1719-1	Not reported
Opensuse	gnutls	rpm	tumbleweed	`3.4.15-1.1`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10105-1	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[libgnutls30]Unknown
Source package: [gnutls]
Details (1)
- 3.8.13-3.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.4.15-1.1
  Version impact unknown
  pypi · gnutls · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libgnutls30-32bit]Unknown
Source package: [gnutls]
Details (1)
- 3.8.13-3.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.4.15-1.1
  Version impact unknown
  pypi · gnutls · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libgnutls-dane0]Unknown
Source package: [gnutls]
Details (1)
- 3.8.13-3.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.4.15-1.1
  Version impact unknown
  pypi · gnutls · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libgnutls-dane-devel]Unknown
Source package: [gnutls]
Details (1)
- 3.8.13-3.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.4.15-1.1
  Version impact unknown
  pypi · gnutls · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libgnutls-devel]Unknown
Source package: [gnutls]
Details (1)
- 3.8.13-3.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.4.15-1.1
  Version impact unknown
  pypi · gnutls · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libgnutls-devel-32bit]Unknown
Source package: [gnutls]
Details (1)
- 3.8.13-3.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.4.15-1.1
  Version impact unknown
  pypi · gnutls · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libgnutls-devel-doc]Unknown
Source package: [gnutls]
Details (1)
- 3.8.13-3.1 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.4.15-1.1
  Version impact unknown
  pypi · gnutls · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libgnutlsxx30]Unknown
Source package: [gnutls]
Details (1)
- 3.8.13-3.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.4.15-1.1
  Version impact unknown
  pypi · gnutls · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libgnutlsxx-devel]Unknown
Source package: [gnutls]
Details (1)
- 3.8.13-3.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 3.4.15-1.1
  Version impact unknown
  pypi · gnutls · opensuse · tumbleweed
[gnutls]Fixed
Source package: [gnutls]
Details (1)
- 3.8.13-3.1 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Fixed · Fixed: 3.4.15-1.1
  pypi · gnutls · opensuse · tumbleweed

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:04:22 PM UTC

References

[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]