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Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : gnome-online-accounts vulnerability (USN-1779-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65685

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that GNOME Online Accounts did not properly check SSL certificates when configuring online accounts. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to alter or compromise credentials and confidential information.

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Solution

Update the affected gnome-online-accounts and / or libgoa-1.0-0 packages.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65685

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1779-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2013

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgoa-1.0-0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnome-online-accounts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0240, CVE-2013-1799

BID: 57753, 58787

USN: 1779-1