GLSA-201208-06 : libgdata: Man-in-the-Middle attack

NASLDB: GLSA-201208-06 : libgdata: Man-in-the-Middle attack

General

ID: 61545
Name: GLSA-201208-06 : libgdata: Man-in-the-Middle attack

Summary: Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg

Credits: –

Classification

Risk: –

CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Temporal Vector: –

Port: 0
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Type: Local

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201208-06
(libgdata: Man-in-the-Middle attack)

An error in the ‘_gdata_service_build_session()’ function of
gdata-service.c prevents libgdata from properly validating certificates.

Impact :

A remote attacker could perform man-in-the-middle attacks to spoof
arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate.

Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Exploiting

Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –

Sources

CVE: CVE-2012-1177
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –

Timeline

Vulnerability Disclosure: –
Patch Release: 2012/08/14
Plugin Release: 2012/08/15

Plugin

Version: 1.2
Filename: gentoo_GLSA-201208-06.nasl
Filesize: 3173 bytes
MD5 Hash: 41c753945dd0d284559a25b9146d7995

Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"

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