CVE-2013-0240

Description

Gnome Online Accounts (GOA) 3.4.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.5, does not properly validate SSL certificates when creating accounts such as Windows Live and Facebook accounts, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information such as credentials by sniffing the network.

References

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00007.html

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?id=edde7c63326242a60a075341d3fea0be0bc4d80e

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?id=bc10fdb68f75f8be84eb698ada08743b9c7c248f

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?h=gnome-3-6&id=ecad8142e9ac519b9fc74b96dcb5531052bbffe1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894352

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693214

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1779-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/52791

http://secunia.com/advisories/51976

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00046.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3