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Ubuntu 11.10: USN-1381-1 Medium: CouchDB Server Certificate Risk

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Calendar Grey March 1, 2012
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1390-2 highlights a flaw in the NetworkManager, which may lead to unauthorized access to data.
Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive information to be exposed when accessing the Internet.

Summary

Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive information to

be exposed when accessing the Internet.

Software Description:

- ubuntuone-couch: Ubuntu One CouchDB

Details:

It was discovered that Ubuntu One Couch did not perform any server

certificate validation when using HTTPS connections. If a remote attacker

were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be

exploited to alter or compromise confidential information.

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Topics Covered

security advisory information exposure ubuntu medium couchdb

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
  ubuntuone-couch                 0.3.0-0ubuntu2.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1381-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntuone-couch/+bug/882049

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March 01, 2012

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security advisory information exposure ubuntu medium couchdb

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntuone-couch/0.3.0-0ubuntu2.1

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