CVE-2013-1799
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…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.03%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.03% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-310
- Affected
- gnome/gnome online accounts · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00046.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51976Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52791Vendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1779-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693214
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695106
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?id=9cf4bc0ced2c53bcdd36922caa65afc8a167bbd8
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00007.html
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00046.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51976Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52791Vendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1779-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693214
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695106
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?id=9cf4bc0ced2c53bcdd36922caa65afc8a167bbd8
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00007.html
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00020.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.