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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-1177: libgdata: Man-in-the-Middle attack

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-1177: libgdata: Man-in-the-Middle attack

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/26/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

libgdata before 0.10.2 and 0.11.x before 0.11.1 does not validate SSL certificates, which allows remote attackers to obtain user names and passwords via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack with a spoofed certificate.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libgdata

References

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