CVE-2012-1177 (GCVE-0-2012-1177)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-26 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:53
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
12 references
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|---|---|
| http://git.gnome.org/browse/libgdata/commit/?h=li… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752088 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/8 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2482 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgdat… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671535 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://git.gnome.org/browse/libgdata/commit/?id=6… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50432 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1547-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Date Public
2012-02-22 00:00
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