Vulnerability CVE-2012-1177
Published: 2012-08-26   Modified: 2012-08-27

Description:
libgdata before 0.10.2 and 0.11.x before 0.11.1 does not validate SSL certificates, which allows remote attackers to obtain user names and passwords via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack with a spoofed certificate.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.1/10
6.4/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Gnome -> Libgdata 

 References:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752088
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671535
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgdata/+bug/938812
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1547-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/1
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2482
http://secunia.com/advisories/50432
http://git.gnome.org/browse/libgdata/commit/?id=6799f2c525a584dc998821a6ce897e463dad7840
http://git.gnome.org/browse/libgdata/commit/?h=libgdata-0-10&id=8eff8fa9138859e03e58c2aa76600ab63eb5c29c
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