CVE-2013-1799 in GNOME
Summary
Gnome Online Accounts (GOA) 3.6.x before 3.6.3 and 3.7.x before 3.7.91, does not properly validate SSL certificates when creating accounts for providers who use the libsoup library, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information such as credentials by sniffing the network. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0240.
Reservation
02/19/2013
Disclosure
04/01/2013
Entries
VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7904 | GNOME SSL Certificate Verification Service cryptographic issue | 310 | Proof-of-Concept | Official fix | CVE-2013-1799 |