CVE-2004-2531 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GnuTLS 1.0.16, where remote attackers can exhaust CPU resources by submitting X.509 certificates with excessively long chains and large RSA keys during signature verification. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:1.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.