GNOME Online Accounts CVE-2013-0240 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:57753

Info

GNOME Online Accounts CVE-2013-0240 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 57753
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2013-0240
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 05 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 10:16PM
Credit: Simon McVittie
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 amd64
GNOME Gnome Online Accounts 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GNOME Online Accounts CVE-2013-0240 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

GNOME Online Accounts is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to perform man-in-the-middle attacks and gain access to sensitive information, which will aid in further attacks.

Exploit / POC

GNOME Online Accounts CVE-2013-0240 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available network utilities to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

GNOME Online Accounts CVE-2013-0240 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

GNOME Online Accounts CVE-2013-0240 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

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