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CVE-2013-0240

Publication date 5 February 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Gnome Online Accounts (GOA) 3.4.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.5, does not properly validate SSL certificates when creating accounts such as Windows Live and Facebook accounts, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information such as credentials by sniffing the network.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gnome-online-accounts 12.10 quantal
Fixed 3.6.0-0ubuntu1.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 3.2.1-0ubuntu1.1
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

3.2 in oneiric and 3.4 in precise only have web backends, so the 3.4 patch will work. In 3.6+, more backends are available that may have invalid certs, but are desirable. The 3.7 patch adds a new configuration item, but this changes API.

jdstrand

note that CVE-2013-1799 is a result of an incomplete fix for this CVE (and pt2 of the patch for 3.6)

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
gnome-online-accounts

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1779-1
    • GNOME Online Accounts vulnerability
    • 25 March 2013

Other references