CVE-2021-39358 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgfbgraph/-/issues/17 https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2021/05/25/reminder-soupsessionsync-and-soupsessionasync-default-to-no-tls-certificate-verification/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UYI47UX6S5PAOWVWQ2KID64MCTXTH7SE/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GRCVZUNPTNFQQQCEZVP7RYY6OKHPDBC5/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WXXAF56BYLSES4UCLXKFCODZXTNAZ2G6/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.9