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Ubuntu 11.10: 1547-1 Moderate: libGData Man In The Middle Attack

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Applications using GData services could be made to expose sensitiveinformation over the network.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1547-1
August 28, 2012

libgdata, evolution-data-server vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Applications using GData services could be made to expose sensitive
information over the network.

Software Description:
- libgdata: Library to access GData services
- evolution-data-server: Evolution suite data server

Details:

Vreixo Formoso discovered that the libGData library, as used
by Evolution and other applications, did not properly verify SSL
certificates. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a man
in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter data
transmitted via the GData protocol.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 11.10:
  libgdata13                      0.9.1-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
  libgdata11                      0.8.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libgdata-google1.2-1            2.28.3.1-0ubuntu6.1
  libgdata1.2-1                   2.28.3.1-0ubuntu6.1
  libgdata6                       0.5.2-0ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1547-1
  CVE-2012-1177

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgdata/0.9.1-0ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgdata/0.8.0-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution-data-server/2.28.3.1-0ubuntu6.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgdata/0.5.2-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 11.10: 1547-1 Moderate: libGData Man In The Middle Attack

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Calendar Grey August 28, 2012
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Security advisory for Ubuntu regarding vulnerabilities in libGData and evolution-data-server, which may lead to exposure of confidential information.
Applications using GData services could be made to expose sensitiveinformation over the network.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: libgdata13 0.9.1-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 11.04: libgdata11 0.8.0-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libgdata-google1.2-1 2.28.3.1-0ubuntu6.1 libgdata1.2-1 2.28.3.1-0ubuntu6.1 libgdata6 0.5.2-0ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1547-1

CVE-2012-1177

August 28, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgdata/0.9.1-0ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgdata/0.8.0-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution-data-server/2.28.3.1-0ubuntu6.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgdata/0.5.2-0ubuntu1.1

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