CVE-2013-1799 | BDVDB-2026-55205 Detail
Description#
Gnome Online Accounts (GOA) 3.6.x before 3.6.3 and 3.7.x before 3.7.91, does not properly validate SSL certificates when creating accounts for providers who use the libsoup library, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information such as credentials by sniffing the network. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0240.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00020.html
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?id=9cf4bc0ced2c53bcdd36922caa65afc8a167bbd8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51976
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00007.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695106
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1779-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52791
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693214
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00046.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.