CVE-2013-0240

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-0240
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-02 03:22:21 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionGnome Online Accounts (GOA) 3.4.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.5, does not properly validate SSL certificates when creating accounts such as Windows Live and Facebook accounts, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information such as credentials by sniffing the network.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Online Accounts 3.4.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Online Accounts 3.4.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Online Accounts 3.6.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Online Accounts 3.6.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Online Accounts 3.6.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Online Accounts 3.7.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Online Accounts 3.7.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Online Accounts 3.7.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome Online Accounts 3.7.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Prepare 3.7.5 (bc10fdb6) · Commits · GNOME / gnome-online-accounts · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:0301-1: moderate: gnome-online-accounts: enable ssl cer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Guard against invalid SSL certificates (ecad8142) · Commits · GNOME / gnome-online-accounts · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org
894352 – (CVE-2013-0240, CVE-2013-1799) CVE-2013-0240 gnome-online-accounts: Does not check SSL certificates when creating Windows Live or Facebook accounts af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA51976 - GNOME Online Accounts SSL Certificate Verification Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-1779-1: GNOME Online Accounts vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
Bug 693214 – CVE-2013-0240: fails to verify SSL certificates when creating accounts af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
GNOME Online Accounts 3.6.3 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.gnome.org
Security Advisory SA52791 - Ubuntu update for gnome-online-accounts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Guard against invalid SSL certificates (edde7c63) · Commits · GNOME / gnome-online-accounts · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org
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