CVE-2013-1799 Weak cryptography in n/a
Man-in-the-middle attackers can intercept sensitive credentials due to improper SSL certificate validation in Gnome Online Accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-1799?
CVE-2013-1799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 28 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Gnome Online Accounts (GOA) 3.6.x before 3.6.3 and 3.7.x before 3.7.91, does not properly validate SSL certificates when creating accounts for providers who use the libsoup library, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information such as credentials by sniffing the network. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0240.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1799?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnome Gnome Online Accounts.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1799?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1799 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-1799 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1799 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-346r-rmp5-4r78.