# CVE-2011-4408: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can perform man-in-the-middle attacks to read or modify sensitive data due to improper SSL certificate validation in the Ubuntu SSO Client.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jun 2012
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c4ch-35xg-vqch

## What is CVE-2011-4408?

CVE-2011-4408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Single Sign On Client (ubuntu-sso-client) for Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 does not properly validate SSL certificates when using HTTPS, which allows remote attackers to spoof a server and modify or read sensitive data via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4408?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-4408?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-4408 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2011-4408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-4408 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-4408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4408/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4408/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4408
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4408
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-4408

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