<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201208-06"> <title>libgdata: Man-in-the-Middle attack</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in libgdata could allow remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">libgdata</product> <announced>2012-08-14</announced> <revised count="1">2012-08-14</revised> <bug>408245</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-libs/libgdata" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.8.1-r2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.8.1-r2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>libgdata is a GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using the GData protocol. </p> </background> <description> <p>An error in the "_gdata_service_build_session()" function of gdata-service.c prevents libgdata from properly validating certificates. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could perform man-in-the-middle attacks to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All libgdata users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libgdata-0.8.1-r2" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1177">CVE-2012-1177</uri> </references> <metadata timestamp="2012-04-17T00:40:07Z" tag="requester">ackle</metadata> <metadata timestamp="2012-08-14T20:31:17Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata> </glsa>