CVE-2021-39359 — Improper Certificate Validation in Libgda

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.2%
top 63.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Debian Libgda5Gnome LibgdaFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedAug 22
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In GNOME libgda through 6.0.0, gda-web-provider.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

▶NVDgnome/libgda6.0.0
▶debiandebian/libgda5< libgda5 5.2.10-5 (forky)

Also affects: Fedora 34, 35

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-p8hp-p5rw-j34r: In GNOME libgda through 6↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-39359: In GNOME libgda through 6↗2021-08-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2021-39359: libgda5 - In GNOME libgda through 6.0.0, gda-web-provider.c does not enable TLS certificat...↗2021
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