CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-39358

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Aug 22, 2021 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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

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

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libgfbgraph Gnome * 0.2.4 (including)
Gfbgraph Ubuntu bionic *
Gfbgraph Ubuntu hirsute *
Gfbgraph Ubuntu impish *
Gfbgraph Ubuntu trusty *
Gfbgraph Ubuntu xenial *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat gfbgraph-0:0.2.4-1.el8 *

Potential Mitigations

References