=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5055-1
August 30, 2021

grilo vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 21.04
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Summary:

grilo could be made to allow MITM attacks.

Software Description:
- grilo: Framework for discovering and browsing media - GObject introspect

Details:

Michael Catanzaro discovered that grilo incorrectly handled certain TLS
certificate verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
MITM attacks.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 21.04:
  libgrilo-0.3-0                  0.3.13-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libgrilo-0.3-0                  0.3.12-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libgrilo-0.3-0                  0.3.4-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  libgrilo-0.2-1                  0.2.15-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5055-1
  CVE-2021-39365

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grilo/0.3.13-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grilo/0.3.12-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grilo/0.3.4-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 5055-1: GNOME grilo vulnerability

August 30, 2021
grilo could be made to allow MITM attacks.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.04: libgrilo-0.3-0 0.3.13-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libgrilo-0.3-0 0.3.12-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libgrilo-0.3-0 0.3.4-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: libgrilo-0.2-1 0.2.15-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5055-1

CVE-2021-39365

Severity
August 30, 2021

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grilo/0.3.13-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grilo/0.3.12-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grilo/0.3.4-1ubuntu0.1

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