Epiphany 2.28 and 2.29, when WebKit and LibSoup are used, unconditionally displays a closed-lock icon for any URL beginning with the https: substring, without any warning to the user, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary https web sites via a crafted X.509 server certificate.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epiphany | Gnome | 2.28 (including) | 2.28 (including) |
| Epiphany | Gnome | 2.29 (including) | 2.29 (including) |
| Epiphany-browser | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Epiphany-browser | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
| Epiphany-browser | Ubuntu | jaunty | * |
| Epiphany-browser | Ubuntu | karmic | * |
| Epiphany-browser | Ubuntu | maverick | * |
| Epiphany-browser | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
References
- http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b26ca29d
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564690
- http://bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=154330
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/20/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/5
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600663
- http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b26ca29d
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564690
- http://bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=154330
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/20/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/5
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600663