CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-39365

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Aug 22, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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 grilo though 0.3.13, grl-net-wc.c does not enable TLS certificate verification on the SoupSessionAsync 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
Grilo Gnome * 0.3.13 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat grilo-0:0.3.6-3.el8 *
Grilo Ubuntu bionic *
Grilo Ubuntu devel *
Grilo Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Grilo Ubuntu focal *
Grilo Ubuntu hirsute *
Grilo Ubuntu impish *
Grilo Ubuntu jammy *
Grilo Ubuntu trusty *
Grilo Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References