Improper Certificate Validation in libgdata - CVE-2012-1177
Published: September 5, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66987
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1177
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to missing certificate validation. A remote attacker can perform Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack.Affected software
libgdata
Gentoo Linux
dev-libs/libgdata
Gentoo Linux
dev-libs/libgdata
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1177
Install updates from vendor's website.
libgdata - addressed in versions 0.10.2, 0.11.1
dev-libs/libgdata - update to 0.8.1-r2
dev-libs/libgdata - update to 0.8.1-r2
External References
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/libgdata/commit/?h=libgdata-0-10&id=8eff8fa9138859e03e58c2aa76600ab63eb5c29c
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/libgdata/commit/?id=6799f2c525a584dc998821a6ce897e463dad7840
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50432
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2482
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:111
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1547-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgdata/+bug/938812
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671535
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752088