=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1821-1
May 09, 2013
telepathy-idle vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
telepathy-idle could be made to expose sensitive information over the
network.
Software Description:
- telepathy-idle: IRC connection manager for Telepathy
Details:
It was discovered that telepathy-idle did not perform any server
certificate validation when using SSL 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.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 13.04:
telepathy-idle 0.1.14-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 12.10:
telepathy-idle 0.1.12-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
telepathy-idle 0.1.11-2ubuntu0.1
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1821-1
CVE-2007-6746
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/telepathy-idle/0.1.14-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/telepathy-idle/0.1.12-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/telepathy-idle/0.1.11-2ubuntu0.1