CVE-2021-39358 — Improper Certificate Validation in Libgfbgraph

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.2%
top 55.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Gnome LibgfbgraphFedoraproject FedoraDebian Gfbgraph
Timeline
PublishedAug 22
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In GNOME libgfbgraph through 0.2.4, gfbgraph-photo.c does not enable TLS certificate verification on the SoupSessionSync objects it creates, leaving users vulnerable to network MITM attacks. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2016-20011.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

Also affects: Fedora 33, 34, 35

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hxcj-gvxh-8944: In GNOME libgfbgraph through 0↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-39358: In GNOME libgfbgraph through 0↗2021-08-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
gfbgraph: missing TLS certificate verification↗2021-08-22
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Debian
CVE-2021-39358: gfbgraph - In GNOME libgfbgraph through 0.2.4, gfbgraph-photo.c does not enable TLS certifi...↗2021
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