CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-20011

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: May 25, 2021 | Modified: Jun 09, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

libgrss through 0.7.0 fails to perform TLS certificate verification when downloading feeds, allowing remote attackers to manipulate the contents of feeds without detection. This occurs because of the default behavior of SoupSessionSync.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libgrss Gnome * 0.7.0 (including)
Libgrss Ubuntu bionic *
Libgrss Ubuntu groovy *
Libgrss Ubuntu hirsute *
Libgrss Ubuntu impish *
Libgrss Ubuntu kinetic *
Libgrss Ubuntu lunar *
Libgrss Ubuntu mantic *
Libgrss Ubuntu trusty *
Libgrss Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References