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CVE-2009-5144

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-5144 describes a vulnerability in mod-gnutls where client certificates are not properly validated when "GnuTLSClientVerify require" is configured within a directory context. This flaw allows remote attackers to spoof legitimate clients using specially crafted certificates. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited over the network with low complexity, leading to high integrity impact without requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mod_gnutls_project:mod_gnutls:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0084 is in the 29th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

issues.outoforder.cc / view.php
Broken Link
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingMailing ListPatch
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/02/26/6
Issue TrackingMailing List