CVE-2021-39358 Security feature bypass in n/a
An attacker can perform man-in-the-middle attacks to intercept or modify data because TLS certificate verification is disabled in the library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2021-39358?
CVE-2021-39358 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 22 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-39358?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (8)
gfbgraph AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 0.2.4-1.el8 |
gfbgraph Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:0.2.4-1.el8 |
gfbgraph-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:0.2.4-1.el8 |
gfbgraph-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:0.2.4-1.el8 |
gfbgraph Rocky Linux:8 | All versions | 0:0.2.4-1.el8 |
gfbgraph SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 | All versions | 0.2.3-150000.3.5.1 |
gfbgraph SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3 | All versions | 0.2.3-150000.3.5.1 |
gfbgraph openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | All versions | 0.2.3-150000.3.5.1 |
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnome Libgfbgraph.
How do I fix CVE-2021-39358?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2021-39358 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-39358 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as ALSA-2022:1801, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39358, GHSA-hxcj-gvxh-8944, MGASA-2021-0530, OESA-2021-1434, OESA-2022-1937 and 5 more.