Libgdata SSL certificate verification Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerability

Source: Internet
Author: User
Tags ssl certificate

Release date: 2012-03-13
Updated on: 2012-03-23

Affected Systems:
GNOME libgdata 0.6
GNOME libgdata 0.1
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 52504

Libgdata is a GLib-based library that uses the GData protocol to access the online service APIs.

Libgdata has a Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerability in verifying the implementation of the server's SSL certificate. After successful exploitation, it can perform man-in-the-middle attacks or simulate trusted servers.

<* Source: vendor

Link: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi? Id = 752088
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

GNOME
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://www.gnome.org/

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