Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libgdata (MDVSA-2012:111)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61964

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in libgdata :

It was found that previously libgdata, a GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using the GData protocol, did not perform SSL certificates validation even for secured connections. An application, linked against the libgdata library and holding the trust about the other side of the connection being the valid owner of the certificate, could be tricked into accepting of a spoofed SSL certificate by mistake (MITM attack) (CVE-2012-1177).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61964

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2012-111.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 9/6/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgdata-i18n, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gdata-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gdata7, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgdata-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgdata7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1177

BID: 52504, 54750

MDVSA: 2012:111

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