Executive Summary

Summary
Title GNOME Online Accounts vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-1779-1 First vendor Publication 2013-03-25
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2013-03-25
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10

Summary:

GNOME Online Accounts could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description: - gnome-online-accounts: GNOME Online Accounts

Details:

It was discovered that GNOME Online Accounts did not properly check SSL certificates when configuring online accounts. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to alter or compromise credentials and confidential information.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.10:
gnome-online-accounts 3.6.0-0ubuntu1.1
libgoa-1.0-0 3.6.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
gnome-online-accounts 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.1
libgoa-1.0-0 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 11.10:
gnome-online-accounts 3.2.1-0ubuntu1.1
libgoa-1.0-0 3.2.1-0ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1779-1
CVE-2013-0240, CVE-2013-1799

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-online-accounts/3.6.0-0ubuntu1.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-online-accounts/3.4.0-0ubuntu1.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-online-accounts/3.2.1-0ubuntu1.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1779-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18213
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18213
Title: USN-1779-1 -- gnome-online-accounts vulnerability
Description: GNOME Online Accounts could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1779-1
CVE-2013-0240
CVE-2013-1799
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Product(s): gnome-online-accounts
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 10
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2013-120.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-26 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1779-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-27 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-2202.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 12:01:45
  • Multiple Updates
2013-04-03 13:20:52
  • Multiple Updates
2013-03-25 17:17:29
  • First insertion