Ross Burton libsocialweb up to 0.25.20 config

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A vulnerability was found in Ross Burton libsocialweb. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a config vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-16. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

services/flickr/flickr.c in libsocialweb before 0.25.21 automatically connects to Flickr when no Flickr account is set, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

The weakness was disclosed 10/22/2012 as Bug 863206 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-4511 since 08/21/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592.004 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 63008 (Fedora 17 : libsocialweb-0.25.21-1.fc17 (2012-17749)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 0.25.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79569), Tenable (63008), SecurityFocus (BID 56167†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-37263†).

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Class: Config
CWE: CWE-16
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Nessus ID: 63008
Nessus Name: Fedora 17 : libsocialweb-0.25.21-1.fc17 (2012-17749)
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OpenVAS ID: 864886
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for libsocialweb FEDORA-2012-17746
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: libsocialweb 0.25.1
Patch: git.gnome.org

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 863206
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-4511 (🔍)
X-Force: 79569
SecurityFocus: 56167 - libsocialweb CVE-2012-4511 Non-SSL Connection Man in The Middle Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 37263 - Libsocialweb <0.25.21 Automatic Connection to Flickr Allows Remote Information Disclosure via MITM, Medium

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Created: 03/24/2015 12:22 PM
Updated: 12/19/2021 02:35 PM
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 PM (67), 04/21/2017 11:39 AM (4), 12/19/2021 02:31 PM (3), 12/19/2021 02:35 PM (1)
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