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Debian DSA-2482-1 : libgdata - insufficient certificate validation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59760

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Vreixo Formoso discovered that libgdata, a library used to access various Google services, wasn't validating certificates against trusted system root CAs when using an HTTPS connection.

Solution

Upgrade the libgdata packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.4-2+squeeze1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=664032

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/libgdata

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2482

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59760

File Name: debian_DSA-2482.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/29/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgdata, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1177

BID: 52504

DSA: 2482