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Gentoo: GLSA-201208-06 Normal: libgdata Man-in-the-Middle Attack

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Calendar Grey August 14, 2012
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A vulnerability in libgdata exposes users to man-in-the-middle attacks. Immediate upgrading is recommended to mitigate threats.
A vulnerability in libgdata could allow remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

Summary

An error in the "_gdata_service_build_session()" function of gdata-service.c prevents libgdata from properly validating certificates.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote threat attack man-in-the-middle normal severity libgdata

Resolution

All libgdata users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libgdata-0.8.1-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-1177 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1177

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201208-06
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: libgdata: Man-in-the-Middle attack
Date: August 14, 2012
Bugs: #408245
ID: 201208-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote threat attack man-in-the-middle normal severity libgdata

Synopsis

A vulnerability in libgdata could allow remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

Background

libgdata is a GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using the GData protocol.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/libgdata < 0.8.1-r2 >= 0.8.1-r2

Impact

===== A remote attacker could perform man-in-the-middle attacks to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.