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Medium
CVE-2013-0240
Gnome Online Accounts (GOA) 3.4.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x...
Vulnerability Description
Gnome 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?id=edde7c63326242a60a075341d3fea0be0bc4d80e
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51976
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?id=bc10fdb68f75f8be84eb698ada08743b9c7c248f
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00007.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1779-1
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?h=gnome-3-6&id=ecad8142e9ac519b9fc74b96dcb5531052bbffe1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52791
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693214
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894352
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00046.html
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Affected Vendor
gnome
View all reports →Affected Software
gnome online accounts, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.6.0, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.7.1, 3.7.2, 3.7.3, 3.7.4, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 28th, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.