Gnome Online Accounts (GOA) 3.6.x before 3.6.3 and 3.7.x before 3.7.91, does not properly validate SSL certificates when creating accounts for providers who use the libsoup library, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information such as credentials by sniffing the network. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0240.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00020.html | mailing list |
| https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?id=9cf4bc0ced2c53bcdd36922caa65afc8a167bbd8 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51976 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00007.html | mailing list |
| https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695106 | |
| http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1779-1 | vendor advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/52791 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693214 | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00046.html | vendor advisory |