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50 lines
1.7 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201208-06">
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<title>libgdata: Man-in-the-Middle attack</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability in libgdata could allow remote attackers to perform
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man-in-the-middle attacks.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">libgdata</product>
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<announced>2012-08-14</announced>
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<revised count="1">2012-08-14</revised>
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<bug>408245</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-libs/libgdata" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.8.1-r2</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.8.1-r2</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>libgdata is a GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using
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the GData protocol.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>An error in the "_gdata_service_build_session()" function of
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gdata-service.c prevents libgdata from properly validating certificates.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could perform man-in-the-middle attacks to spoof
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arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All libgdata users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libgdata-0.8.1-r2"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1177">CVE-2012-1177</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata timestamp="2012-04-17T00:40:07Z" tag="requester">ackle</metadata>
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<metadata timestamp="2012-08-14T20:31:17Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
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</glsa>
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